defoliate

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Adjective defoliate has 1 sense

defoliate, defoliated - deprived of leaves
Antonym: leafy (indirect, via leafless)

Verb defoliate has 1 sense

defoliate - strip the leaves or branches from; "defoliate the trees with pesticides"
--₁ is one way to denude, bare, denudate, strip

Derived forms: noun defoliation₁, noun defoliation₂, noun defoliant₁, noun defoliator₁
Sample sentence:
They defoliate the trees

defloarion defloration deflower defndo defnie spoil defoe defoliant defoliants defoliate defoliated defoliation defoliator deforest deforestation deforested deforesting deforestion

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