Defoliate

Word DEFOLIATE
Character 9
Hyphenation de fol i ate de fo li ate
Pronunciations /diːˈfəʊliː(j)eɪt/

Definitions and meanings of "Defoliate"

What do we mean by defoliate?

To deprive (a plant or a vegetated area, for example) of leaves. intransitive verb

To cause the leaves of (a plant or plants) to fall off, especially by the use of chemicals. intransitive verb

To lose foliage. intransitive verb

To deprive of leaves; cut or pick off the leaves of.

Deprived of leaves; having cast its leaves.

Deprived of leaves, as by their natural fall. adjective

To cause (a plant) to shed its leaves. transitive verb

To remove foliage from (one or more plants), most often with a chemical agent. verb

Deprived of leaves; defoliated. adjective

Strip the leaves or branches from verb

Deprived of leaves adjective

To remove foliage from (one or more plants), most often with a chemical agent.

Trimming of one's pubic hair. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Defoliate

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The word "defoliate" in example sentences

Six months ago, Gary hired a goateed designer to "defoliate" the office, trucking out all the ficus trees and spanish moss to make room for curved sheets of fiberglass and, as he called it, "negative space." ❋ Jennifer Tatroe (2009)

Six months ago, Gary hired a goateed designer to "defoliate" the office,  trucking out all the ficus trees and spanish moss to make room for curved sheets of fiberglass and, as he called it, "negative space." ❋ Unknown (2009)

It would seem more appropriate to pull out of Afghanistan and make it abundantly clear that the next time an attack against the US is traceable to folks who were trained or in anyway supported by folks in Afghanistan, we will obliterate Afghanistan and defoliate its opium poppies. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The teabaggers can go defoliate their scrotums, for all I care. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Metrics such as use of "body counts" and scientific solutions such as using the herbicide Agent Orange to defoliate jungles in which communist guerrillas hid became trademarks of the conflict. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It is naturally shrubby and over the winter the wiry framework will defoliate, but I will wait until March to shape it up with the shears. ❋ Dan Pearson (2010)

Leonard "Marty" Kardes, 64, suffers disabling neurological problems due to exposure to Agent Orange, a chemical the U.S. military used to defoliate trees in Vietnamese jungles. ❋ Unknown (2010)

We need to defoliate some of the beans to help them ripen, not in the least the borlotti, who's beans sit in almost total darkness beneath a dense lagging of leaves. ❋ Unknown (2010)

This means trees that defoliate have time to renew their sugar stores before future outbreaks. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Then 1975 sees Operation Condor, in which DEA agents, with the Mexican army, bomb, burn, and defoliate vast acreage of poppy cultivation in Sinaloa, displacing thousands of peasants and wrecking the economy. ❋ Don Winslow (2010)

In a televised appearance in June, Goldwater made remarks that permitted viewers to infer that he would look favorably on a proposal that had appeared in an Air Force journal calling for the use of low-yield nuclear weapons to defoliate the Ho Chi Minh Trail, thereby exposing the North Vietnamese and their supply convoys to attack. ❋ David Eisenhower (2010)

The old woman turned around as Tritia entered the room, her fingers continuing to skillfully defoliate the dried herbs as if they worked on their own, disassociated from the rest of her body. ❋ Chelsea White (2010)

The ongoing medical disaster in Vietnam caused by America's criminal use of Agent Orange to defoliate a nation would be a good place for President Obama to start earning his just-awarded Nobel Peace Prize. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It wants to defoliate miles and miles of brush along the banks of the Rio Grande so that no one can hide in the canebrakes. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Bui Van Nghi, a delegate from Vietnam, told us of America's use of Agent Orange 45 years ago to defoliate the jungles of Vietnam in order to expose the supply routes of the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese army, but which also exposed hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese (and American soldiers) to the cancer causing carcinogens -- killing many and causing cancers and deformities in first, second and third generations. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Agent Orange, the herbicide used as a weapon by US military forces in Vietnam for nearly a decade to defoliate vast stretches of inhabited forest and jungle in an effort to deprive the Viet Cong and North ❋ Unknown (2009)

From 1961 to 1971, the U.S. military sprayed Vietnam with Agent Orange, which contained large quantities of Dioxin, in order to defoliate the trees for military objectives. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Vietnam, the U.S. military denied food and protection to those deemed to be "the enemy" and contracted with over 30 U.S. chemical firms to supply chemicals to defoliate Vietnam's forests. ❋ Unknown (2009)

From 1961 to 1971, the US military sprayed Vietnam with Agent Orange, which contained large quantities of Dioxin, in order to defoliate the trees for military objectives. ❋ Unknown (2009)

If [Sally] wants wear a [bikini], she should [consider] defoliating the victory garden. ❋ G Brown (2007)

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