To denude an area means to destroy the plants in it.
例句
Mining would pollute the lake and denude the forest...采礦會污染湖水，毀掉森林。Many hillsides had been denuded of trees.許多山坡上都已經光禿禿的，沒有任何樹木了。
VERB
剝奪;奪去
To denude someone or something of a particular thing means to take it away from them.
例句
The Embassy is now denuded of all foreign and local staff...現在大使館里所有的外國和當地工作人員都清空了。In such areas we see villages denuded of young people.在這些地區，我們在村子里根本看不到年輕人。