denude

To divest of all covering; to make bare or naked; to strip.

• He denuded himself of his clothes.
• Widespread deforestation has led to lands being denuded.

To remove (something or someone) of their possessions or assets.

• Their property was seized, denuded and confiscated.
• The service was denuded of its capacity to deliver.

To strip (a mountain, volcano, or other geological formation) by erosion of outer layers so as to lay bare the inner structure.

• The well-known hill of Arthur’s Seat, which overlooks the city of Edinburgh, and many castle-crowned crags of the Forth and Clyde valleys, are the worn and denuded relics of these small volcanoes.