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defoliate

British pronunciation/dɪfˈəʊlɪˌeɪt/
American pronunciation/dɪfˈoʊlɪˌeɪt/
to defoliate
[VERB]
MAIN VERB
1

strip the leaves or branches from

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defoliate
[ADJECTIVE]
1

deprived of leaves

synonyms : defoliated
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Examples
1From what I've seen on the ground, it's a much bigger area that's defoliated this year than last year.
2In addition to Agent Orange's active ingredients which caused plants to defoliate or lost their leaves, Agent Orange contained significant amounts or 2, 3, 7, 8, whatever the heck this word is, often called TCDD, a type of dioxin.
3As the hard freeze comes, as organic farmers, we wait for that freeze because that literally defoliates, uh, takes the leaves off the plant, so that when we harvest, the bolls open that are mature, and it leaves the cotton here, and you can see it kind of comes out in sections.
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