| VERB | change | defoliate | strip the leaves or branches from |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADJECTIVE | all | defoliate, defoliated | deprived of leaves |
| Meaning | deprived of leaves. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | defoliated | |
| Broader | leafless | Having no leaves |
| Spanish | defoliado | |
| Meaning | strip the leaves or branches from. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | They defoliate the trees | |
| Example | "defoliate the trees with pesticides" | |
| Broader | denude, bare, denudate, strip | lay bare |
| Spanish | deforestar | |
| Catalan | desboscar, desforestar | |
| Nouns | defoliant | a chemical that is sprayed on plants and causes their leaves to fall off |
| defoliation | causing the leaves of trees and other plants to fall off (as by the use of chemicals) | |
| defoliation | the loss of foliage | |
| defoliator | an insect that strips the leaves from plants | |
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