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
Definitionadj. deprived of leaves
Last update: December 13, 2016
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The fumes of the nearby industry defoliated the forest. [adjective]
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He was going to defoliate the whole forest for no reason! [verb]
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Locusts devour all before them; caterpillars defoliate plant, and necessitate the premature utilization of its reserves; other insects (e.g. [Please select]
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] Several years ago the beet fields in the vicinity of Grand Island were threatened great injury by a certain caterpillar that had nearly defoliated all the beets growing in many of them. [Please select]
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There is one record of the caterpillars having been found feeding upon the hackberry, and also of their having fed greedily upon the leaves of rose bushes, and still another of their having almost defoliated a pear tree. [Please select]
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] Another caterpillar, which is sometimes so abundant as nearly to defoliate the grape vine, is the eight spotted Alypia (Fig.) [Please select]
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