denudative

English

Adjective

denudative (not comparable)

  1. That causes denudation.
    Synonym: denudatory
    • 1883, James Nasmyth, James Nasmyth, Engineer: An Autobiography, page 332:
      Again, in the case of the moon, the total absence of water as well as atmosphere has removed from it all those denudative activities which, on the earth, have acted so powerfully in effecting changes of its surface as well as in the distribution of its materials.
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