defoliate

de- +‎ foliate

• (UK) IPA^(key): /diːˈfəʊliː(j)eɪt/

defoliate (third-person singular simple present defoliates, present participle defoliating, simple past and past participle defoliated)

1. (transitive) To remove foliage from (one or more plants), most often with a chemical agent.

   Agent Orange was used to defoliate jungle vegetation.

   • 2020, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments, Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions, →ISBN, page 2:

     These leaves are the moth’s only source of food, and if left unchecked, the caterpillars can completely defoliate a single mighty tree.

• defoliation
• defoliator

defoliate (comparative more defoliate, superlative most defoliate)

1. Deprived of leaves; defoliated.

• fileteado

defoliate (not comparable)

1. leafless

defoliate

1. inflection of defoliare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person plural imperative

defoliate f pl

1. feminine plural of defoliato

defoliate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of defoliar combined with te