Definitions
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
defoliate .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective deprived of leaves
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Examples
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In the world that has "developed" since 1971, it has been fought in the barrios; it has defoliated land and driven peasants into even worse poverty.
Richard Nixon's 'war on drugs' began 40 years ago, and the battle is still raging 2011
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Tulip poplars simply defoliated in September and early October, when their foliage turned a drought-related yellow.
Nature hit snooze button on foliage, just now starting to pop Joel M. Lerner 2010
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Lam said that after the battle, the area was heavily bombed and then defoliated until there were no trees left.
Into the Story DAVID MARANISS 2010
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Lam said that after the battle, the area was heavily bombed and then defoliated until there were no trees left.
Into the Story DAVID MARANISS 2010
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Somewhere out there beyond the elephant grass and the rice paddies and the hills that had been chemically defoliated or burned by napalm, Bedcheck Charlie was prowling through the darkness in black pajamas and a conical straw hat and sandals fashioned from the rubber strips he had sawed out of a truck tire.
The Glass Rainbow James Lee Burke 2010
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The three seemingly never-ending, dark days that we had spent sinking in black puddles and slipping on fallen leaves in a courtyard of faded, gray concrete apartment blocks, where we had waited with dozens of other reporters behind a small grove of defoliated trees and a police cordon.
Peace Meals Anna Badkhen 2010
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Lam said that after the battle, the area was heavily bombed and then defoliated until there were no trees left.
Into the Story DAVID MARANISS 2010
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Lam said that after the battle, the area was heavily bombed and then defoliated until there were no trees left.
Into the Story DAVID MARANISS 2010
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Agent Orange defoliated the forests, Agent Blue killed crops, and a lot of both chemicals landed on people, including American troops.
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Somewhere out there beyond the elephant grass and the rice paddies and the hills that had been chemically defoliated or burned by napalm, Bedcheck Charlie was prowling through the darkness in black pajamas and a conical straw hat and sandals fashioned from the rubber strips he had sawed out of a truck tire.
The Glass Rainbow James Lee Burke 2010
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