transcription, транскрипция: [ di:foʊlieɪt ]
( defoliates, defoliating, defoliated)
To defoliate an area or the plants in it means to cause the leaves on the plants to fall off or be destroyed. This is done especially in war to remove protection from an enemy.
Dioxin was the ingredient in Agent Orange, used to defoliate Vietnam.
VERB : V n
• de‧fo‧lia‧tion
...preventing defoliation of trees by caterpillars.
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