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Word | Defoliate |
deprived of leaves / strip the leaves or branches from / Alt. of Defoliated / destroy leaves / remove leaves from (a tree, plant, or area of land), for agricultural purposes or as a military tactic. / to cause the leaves of (a plant) to fall off, | |
Usage | ⇒ The fumes of the nearby industry defoliated the forest ⇒ In Vietnam the army made extensive use of chemical agents to defoliate the wood lands. ⇒ a chemical used to defoliate trees ⇒ the area was defoliated and napalmed many times |
Synonyms | defoliated, bare, denude, strip, peel, shed, bleak, defoliation, dismember, draw and quarter, flay, lacerate, leafless, maim, mangle, mutilate, pick to pieces, pull apart, rip, shred, |
Antonyms | leafy, |
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