Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Denude \De*nude"\, v. t. [L. denudare; de- + nudare to make
   naked or bare, nudus naked. See {Nude}.]
   To divest of all covering; to make bare or naked; to strip;
   to divest; as, to denude one of clothing, or lands.

Source : WordNet®

denude
     v : lay bare; "denude a forest" [syn: {bare}, {denudate}, {strip}]