denude

1. V-T To denude an area means to destroy the plants in it. 伐光(某地的)植物[正式]

Mining would pollute the lake and denude the forest. 採鑛將會汙染湖水竝伐光森林。

2. V-T To denude someone or something of a particular thing means to take it away from them. 剝奪[正式]

The embassy is now denuded of all foreign and local staff. 這個使館現(xiàn)在所有的外籍和本地員工都被解散了。