Tending to denude or strip bare; relating to the removal of surface material (rare).
From Latin denudare + -ory (tending to, relating to). A formal variant of denudative that is rarely used in modern English.
This is an archaic or highly technical term—modern geologists prefer 'denudative' or 'erosional,' but 'denudatory' appears in older geological treatises and formal scientific writing.
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