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Defoliate

Defoliate Meaning & Definition
Defoliate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Defoliate?

[adj] deprived of leaves
[v] strip the leaves or branches from; "defoliate the trees with pesticides"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Defoliate: defoliated | leafless

Related Terms | Find terms related to Defoliate: denude | dismember | draw and quarter | flay | lacerate | maim | mangle | mutilate | peel | pick to pieces | pull apart | shred | skin | strip | take apart | tear apart | tear to pieces | tear to tatters

See Also | bare | denudate | denude | strip

Defoliate In Webster's Dictionary

\De*fo"li*ate\, Defoliated \De*fo"li*a`ted\ a. Deprived of leaves, as by their natural fall.

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