denuded

verb

1. (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of denude

adj

1. exposed by erosion

   “Harvester ants have brilliantly carved an enormous niche for themselves in nature and etched indelible images in mankind: images from cartoon depictions of a backyard volcano erupting with angry ants when their home is trespassed, to images of vast stretches of the American West marred with ant castles surrounded by denuded moats of dirt.”