transitive verb
: to kill (a tree or shrub) at the top
low temperature killed the tree back
the tops of all the garden shrubs were killed back by the storm
transitive verb
: to kill (a tree or shrub) at the top
low temperature killed the tree back
the tops of all the garden shrubs were killed back by the storm
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012