Denuded

For instance, in matter-of-course business, or in any correspondence that was agreeable to official persons, I was addressed as "Esq.;" but if the correspondence took a turn that was unpleasant, it was "Mr. ----;" and on one occasion I received a note addressed with my name denuded of all title whatever, even of the office I filled. ❋ Various (N/A)

A partially disorganized -- or as we prefer to say "denuded" -- brain may be fully capable of sane thought, except on some one topic, and able to exercise every intellectual function except of a particular order. ❋ Various (N/A)

The whole portion under consideration of what is here termed the denuded region, with some partial exceptions of later origin, is of igneous formation or alteration, as exhibited at and near the present surface. ❋ Unknown (1861)

Page 22 between the "denuded" and the "drift" regions, may be fixed by any careful observer, for any locality, by noting the inclination, &c., of the strata of earth, where exposed in deep excavations, or high and steep river bluffs. ❋ Unknown (1861)

The western limits of this "denuded" region are still more uncertain; and therefore I will not include in my remarks, or the application of my reasoning, the range of the southwest mountains, or their eastern slopes. ❋ Unknown (1861)

-- With such entire absence of designated western boundaries, so much of the great "denuded" region as will be here under consideration, lies wholly in, and includes much the largest portion of the space between the falls of the rivers and the Blue Ridge mountains, which space, in Virginia, is known as the Piedmont region. ❋ Unknown (1861)

Various synonyms refer specifically - often as a negative - to the absence or rather removal of clothing, such as denuded, divested, peeled, stripped, unclad, unclothed, uncovered, un - dressed and dis - or un-robed. ❋ Unknown (2008)

And look, I brought another couple of carrier bags of books to help refill your denuded shelves. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But a wheezing comes from the ground, and behind the apricot tree, denuded this time of year, the spider drags its prey further into the untilled area by the side of the road. ❋ James Claffey (2011)

“Nor your armour,” just as quickly the men were denuded. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I watched in horror as the heat, ash and force of the blast denuded a huge 200-foot tree in one second, stripping off all its leaves and limbs. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Indeed, coffins are in such demand that soon the countryside is denuded of trees. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Subsidiary Care can include anything the Individual can afford, whether personally or through an unsubsidized insurance policy probably costing four times the current issuances, when denuded of Basic Care premium payments. lgl ❋ Unknown (2009)

The second part is that European colonists often arrived in areas recently denuded of Native Americans. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Just "Drill Baby, Drill" and when we have completely destroyed the planet, the oil executives and politicians can afford to live on whatever livable space there is, while the rest of us attempt to live off the denuded land. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Came the day, in winter weather, when the dry denuded skeletons of all these bushes were gathered into heaps and burned. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Berkeley hills were denuded of whole groves of mature eucalyptus for the piling. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The rise of garment factories in the cities since the 1970s has denuded the countryside of working hands. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Ingredients — Serves 6 2 venison loins (backstrap), denuded and cut into 2 - to 3-ounce steaks salt and pepper, to taste ❋ Unknown (2009)

It pisses me off that the cement company decided to denude our [town's] beautiful [hillside] and then turn it into a [gravel pit]. ❋ Sotit (2013)