denude
The park was denuded of its timber, and divided into lots.
It leaves only a polluted planet or one seriously denuded of its resources.
Environmentalists have complained that salmon farming is denuding the sea of the smaller wild fish fed to the carnivorous salmon.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Fertile or infertile land
barrenly
barrenness
bottomland
bread basket
cultivable
fertile
fertility
hardscrabble
hospitable
hostile
luscious
lush
lushly
lushness
sterile
uncultivable
uncultivated
unfertile
unfertilized
unfruitful
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Removing and getting rid of things