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deflower | defluxion | defoe | defog | defoliant | defoliate | defoliated | defoliation | defoliator | deforest | deforestation

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defoliate

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Adjective, Verb (usu participle)

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de=fo=li=ate

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb defoliate has 1 sense

defoliate(v = verb.change) Array - strip the leaves or branches from; "defoliate the trees with pesticides"

Derived forms noun defoliant₁, noun defoliation₂, noun defoliation₁, noun defoliator₁

Sample sentence:
They defoliate the trees

Adjective defoliate has 1 sense

defoliate(s = adj.all) defoliated - deprived of leaves; Array

OXFORD DICTIONARY

defoliate, v.tr. remove leaves from, esp. as a military tactic.

Derivative

defoliant n. & adj. defoliation n. defoliator n.

Etymology

LL defoliare f. folium leaf

THESAURUS

defoliate

denude, dismember, draw and quarter, flay, lacerate, maim, mangle, mutilate, peel, pick to pieces, pull apart, shred, skin, strip, take apart, tear apart, tear to pieces, tear to tatters

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