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defoliate

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Adjective, Verb (usu participle)
 : 
de=fo=li=ate

OXFORD DICTIONARY

defoliate, v.tr. remove leaves from, esp. as a military tactic.

Derivative
defoliant n. & adj. defoliation n. defoliator n.
Etymology
LL defoliare f. folium leaf

THESAURUS

defoliate

denude, dismember, draw and quarter, flay, lacerate, maim, mangle, mutilate, peel, pick to pieces, pull apart, shred, skin, strip, take apart, tear apart, tear to pieces, tear to tatters

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