Lay bare:
— Denude a forest.

synonyms: bare, denudate, strip.

Roget 226: divest; uncover etc. (cover) etc. 223; denude, bare, strip; disfurnish^†; undress, disrobe etc. (dress, enrobe) etc. 225; uncoif^†; dismantle; put off, take off, cast off; doff; peel, pare, decorticate, excoriate, skin, scalp, flay; expose, lay open; exfoliate, molt, mew; cast the skin.    ... show more

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