41. Mountains have been denuded of trees and almost all the animals and birds shot. 42. But fires still denude the rain forests, and cigarette smoke still blackens lungs. 43. The denuded land no longer burned, and trees and shrubs began to spread. 44. Better not have them there at all than have them there in denuded fashion, 45. The president has essentially denuded himself of possible political cover, shouldhe need it. 46. He said they could also denote denuded areas. 47. Slopes once thick with pine trees are denuded . 48. The storm denuded many lush mountain areas and made others inaccessible due to flooding. 49. Western China has been denuded by unrestricted logging. 50. Selective logging allows companies to fell choice trees without denuding whole tracts of woodlands.