•The countryside has been denuded by war.战争导致乡间一片荒芜。

•Drought and years of heavy grazing by sheep have completely denuded the hills of grass.由于干旱和羊群的连年啃食，山上已是寸草不生。

•Any further cuts in the country's armed forces would leave its defences dangerously denuded.进一步裁军将使该国的国防处于毫无还击之力的危险境地。