Relentless winds have scored fine lines into the top of a dune and swept sand into a mangrove forest, smothering trees that are now reduced to denuded trunks.
They might be called the "peace corps" of economists, bringing the blessing of their investigative technique to the neglected villages of India or the denuded farms of western Kenya.
The man denuded her of clothing.
He denuded her of clothing.