Denudation
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The act of stripping off covering, or removing the surface; a making bare. The laying bare of rocks by the washing away of the overlying earth, etc.; or the excavation and removal of them by the action of running water.
Stripping
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To remove or take away, often in strips or stripes.
Example sentence: I was 18 and had taken A-levels in Woking where I grew up. But I didn't want to go to university so left sixth-form college. My father was in the building industry and he found me a job stripping concrete panels off buildings. It was dangerous work on high scaffolds, sometimes 12 hours a day, Monday to Friday, and often weekends too.