defoliate

de·fo·li·ate /diːˈfəʊlieɪt $ -ˈfoʊ-/ verb [transitiveT] formal

HBPto use defoliant on a plant or tree 〔用脱叶剂〕使脱叶

Examples from the Corpus

defoliate• Across the river, the Viet Cong territory was a number of scalped hills: it had been defoliated.• The worst single year was 1981, when twelve million acres were defoliated.• These trees are eaten but not defoliated.• The forest had already been defoliated and the oaks and aspens were expending precious energy sending out a second flush of leaves.• The leaves are evergreen or semi-evergreen since they can be heavily defoliated in severe winters.• So far, some sixty million acres of Eastern and Midwestern forest have been defoliated over the years.• The adults defoliate plants, and the larvae feed on roots.• These same nitrogen oxides, in high but apparently plausible concentrations, will defoliate plants.

de·fo·li·ate verb

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BNC: 46415 COCA: 36184

defoliate

Forests and caring for forests and trees: afforestation, arboretum, arboriculture...

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