defoliate

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Recent Examples of defoliate Fresh buds may also be consumed if trees are severely defoliated. Pamm Cooper, Hartford Courant, 8 May 2024 The objectives were primarily to defoliate trees and thus uncover enemy troop concentrations and to destroy crops destined for enemy stomachs. Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 19 Mar. 2024 The symptoms are very distinctive: the stems of the plants will turn black, there will be black spots on the leaves, and the most distinctive symptom is the plant will defoliate in sections. Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 17 Mar. 2024 Dow manufactured napalm, the chemical weapon used by the military to defoliate the jungles of Vietnam while severely burning and killing substantial numbers of civilians. TIME, 10 May 2024 See All Example Sentences for defoliate
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Verb
  • Naledi skins its trailer out in a combination of aluminum and aluminum composite.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Fur handling is a lengthy discussion for another time, but at the very least, have a plan to skin your catch, then roll it up (fur out) and put it in the freezer, to be sold or tanned at a later time.
    Skye Goode, Outdoor Life, 27 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • In the new court filing, phone records show Mortensen tried calling the other four roommates – but got no response – around the time when security camera from a residence close to the home picked up at 4:17 a.m. distorted audio of voices, a whimper, followed by a loud thud, and a barking dog.
    Lauren del Valle, CNN, 7 Mar. 2025
  • The protagonist is an ornery, unemployed academic (Lee Sung-jae) who becomes fixated on a barking dog in his apartment complex, and goes to extreme lengths to silence it.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The single-serving packets contain oats packed with fiber and protein, plus add-ins like chia seeds and hulled buckwheat for a hearty, chewy texture.
    Hana Asbrink, Bon Appétit, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Strawberry Cardamom Frozen Yogurt with Balsamic Swirl Makes 1 quart INGREDIENTS 1 pound fresh strawberries, hulled 1¼ cup plain Greek yogurt 1/3 cup honey ¾ teaspoon ground cardamom 2 to 3 tablespoons balsamic glaze DIRECTIONS Place the strawberries, yogurt, honey and cardamom in a blender.
    Laura Mclively, The Mercury News, 27 May 2024
Verb
  • Ingredients 4 ears fresh yellow corn, husked, silks removed 2 tsp.
    Julia Levy, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2023
  • The Andaz Maui at Wailea Resort, for example, lets guests husk coconuts, take ukulele and hula lessons, and rent GoPro cameras as part of its $50 daily resort fee.
    Catherine Garcia, The Week, 8 Apr. 2023
Verb
  • If the robot, who frequently metamorphoses, gives shape to some form of justice, it’s flayed down to a name.
    Elisa Gonzalez, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
  • The upper fangs sank into Wyatt’s left cheek, just below his eye socket, the lower into his top lip and right nostril, flaying his face in four separate places.
    Malcolm Brooks Malcolm Hillgartner Krish Seenivasan Zak Mouton, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • During Trump’s first term, the Republicans’ feed-the-rich Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 denuded the tax base, causing revenues as a percentage of G.D.P. to fall.
    John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Instead of Black life maimed, denuded of dignity, and degraded, each portrait that makes up I, Narcissus is a study of delicious glamour.
    Essence, Essence, 5 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Here is what may be next for Israel and Gaza In Gaza, witnesses contacted by the Reuters news agency said Israeli tanks shelled areas in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, forcing many families who had returned after the ceasefire to leave their homes and head northward to Khan Younis.
    Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2025
  • On Monday, Syria shelled Lebanese villages on the border after three Syrians died in the northern Lebanese town of Qasr, according to the Lebanese military, which said its forces responded to the attack.
    Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 17 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • And if dryness is a concern, steer clear of sulfates, which can strip your skin of its natural moisture.
    Annie Blackman, Allure, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Trump is stripping working families from lifesaving care , financial support.
    Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 20 Mar. 2025

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“Defoliate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defoliate. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.

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