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Recent Examples of defoliate
Fresh buds may also be consumed if trees are severely defoliated.
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Pamm Cooper, Hartford Courant, 8 May 2024
The objectives were primarily to defoliate trees and thus uncover enemy troop concentrations and to destroy crops destined for enemy stomachs.
—Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 19 Mar. 2024
The symptoms are very distinctive: the stems of the plants will turn black, there will be black spots on the leaves, and the most distinctive symptom is the plant will defoliate in sections.
—Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 17 Mar. 2024
Dow manufactured napalm, the chemical weapon used by the military to defoliate the jungles of Vietnam while severely burning and killing substantial numbers of civilians.
—TIME, 10 May 2024
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Pamm Cooper, Hartford Courant, 8 May 2024
The objectives were primarily to defoliate trees and thus uncover enemy troop concentrations and to destroy crops destined for enemy stomachs.
—Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 19 Mar. 2024
The symptoms are very distinctive: the stems of the plants will turn black, there will be black spots on the leaves, and the most distinctive symptom is the plant will defoliate in sections.
—Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 17 Mar. 2024
Dow manufactured napalm, the chemical weapon used by the military to defoliate the jungles of Vietnam while severely burning and killing substantial numbers of civilians.
—TIME, 10 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for defoliate
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Healthy coyotes can be skinned for the fur, and the glands, urine, teeth, claws, and bones can be used for various purposes.—
Skye Goode,
Outdoor Life,
27 Feb. 2025
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But what people don’t understand, people like that, is that that’s just one way that songwriters skin the cat, kill the bird, whatever.—
Katherine Turman,
SPIN,
3 Feb. 2025
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The protagonist is an ornery, unemployed academic (Lee Sung-jae) who becomes fixated on a barking dog in his apartment complex, and goes to extreme lengths to silence it.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
7 Mar. 2025
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In the new court filing, phone records show Mortensen tried calling the other four roommates – but got no response – around the time when security camera from a residence close to the home picked up at 4:17 a.m. distorted audio of voices, a whimper, followed by a loud thud, and a barking dog.—
Lauren del Valle,
CNN,
7 Mar. 2025
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Strawberry Cardamom Frozen Yogurt with Balsamic Swirl Makes 1 quart INGREDIENTS 1 pound fresh strawberries, hulled 1¼ cup plain Greek yogurt 1/3 cup honey ¾ teaspoon ground cardamom 2 to 3 tablespoons balsamic glaze DIRECTIONS Place the strawberries, yogurt, honey and cardamom in a blender.—
Laura Mclively,
The Mercury News,
27 May 2024
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Rice kernels are then dried and hulled by machines before they’re packed for sale in factories, lined from floor to ceiling with sacks of rice.—
Aniruddha Ghosal,
Fortune Asia,
23 Apr. 2024
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Ingredients 4 ears fresh yellow corn, husked, silks removed 2 tsp.—
Julia Levy,
Southern Living,
6 Sep. 2023
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The Andaz Maui at Wailea Resort, for example, lets guests husk coconuts, take ukulele and hula lessons, and rent GoPro cameras as part of its $50 daily resort fee.—
Catherine Garcia,
The Week,
8 Apr. 2023
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If the robot, who frequently metamorphoses, gives shape to some form of justice, it’s flayed down to a name.—
Elisa Gonzalez,
The New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2025
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The upper fangs sank into Wyatt’s left cheek, just below his eye socket, the lower into his top lip and right nostril, flaying his face in four separate places.—
Malcolm Brooks Malcolm Hillgartner Krish Seenivasan Zak Mouton,
New York Times,
31 Dec. 2024
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During Trump’s first term, the Republicans’ feed-the-rich Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 denuded the tax base, causing revenues as a percentage of G.D.P. to fall.—
John Cassidy,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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Instead of Black life maimed, denuded of dignity, and degraded, each portrait that makes up I, Narcissus is a study of delicious glamour.—
Essence,
Essence,
5 Nov. 2024
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The site was bombed and shelled by the Israel Defense Forces and ...—
Elliott Abrams,
National Review,
6 Mar. 2025
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Tropical air-breathing snails lined its shores and shelled creatures lay just below the surface.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
5 Mar. 2025
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Water can then seep into the wood itself and cause swelling, while strong cleaners can strip the finish, leaving the wood more susceptible to damage.—
Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
8 Mar. 2025
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She was officially stripped of the prestigious Order of Canada appointment, the country’s highest honor presented to a civilian, in January.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Defoliate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defoliate. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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