Denuded

As a result, entire sections of America have been denuded of manufacturing jobs.

Pretorius continues, “Phinda, which started as an amalgamation of denuded farmlands in 1991, has grown into an extensive conservancy at the cutting edge of conservation, a modern example of Care of the Land, Wildlife and People.

So it’s good to know that as scabrous a wit as his has gone through the sensitivity reader mixer and come out the other side not feeling as if his novel has been denuded in any way.

As for useful social messaging, the coin-flip inclusion of that kids’ high school team from fire-denuded Maui was thoughtful and well-played.

Sound-shifting as it echoes through the complexities of an undulating landscape, a gentle yet forceful wind eddies and flows through ravines and over denuded mounds of crushed and exploded sandstone.

There’s uncertainty there, too: Can the public health agencies denuded by budget cuts meet surging needs?

Because the electronic media is so denuded of journalists these days, Murdoch's print media has a disproportionate impact on setting the day's overall agenda.

The sad diminishing of the French rugby team over the last six years means they have made themselves a stilted, denuded and lamentably predictable thing.

Efforts at redwood preservation proved ineffective when protected groves were surrounded by denuded land.

Only in the 20th century would Hungary regain its political independence, but denuded of much of its land, and it has never regained its former political power.

Such was the French confidence that Edward would not ford the Somme that the area beyond had not been denuded, allowing Edward's army to resupply and plunder: Noyelles-sur-Mer and Le Crotoy were burned.

Throughout the country millions of acres were denuded to supply timber to the Pakistani markets, with no attempt made at reforestation, which has led to significant environmental damage.

U-boats nearly always proved elusive, and the convoys, denuded of cover, were put at even greater risk.

Vast expanses of southern and southeastern tropical forests have been denuded for cattle-raising and agriculture.