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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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The serum evens and firms skin to smooth wrinkles and roughness, leaving it with a gorgeous glow.—
Celia Shatzman,
Forbes,
26 Nov. 2024
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For anyone under the impression that dogs are being skinned, perish the thought.—
Rosalie R. Radomsky,
New York Times,
24 Dec. 2024
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The radio barked out that the fire was now sweeping through the Palisades.—
Stephen Rodrick,
Rolling Stone,
13 Feb. 2025
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The reincarnated version differed from the original a bit, so there’s an excuse for not recognizing it at first glance — even if Reid was insistent the play-call in the huddle would be identical to one barked out by head coach Hank Stram to receiver Gloster Richardson long ago.—
Sam McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
31 Jan. 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,
Quartz,
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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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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Working with community leaders, Zhou's efforts have resulted in a significant decrease of ceremonial releases, denuding of wild populations and mistreated animals.—
Karl Schneider,
The Indianapolis Star,
17 Sep. 2024
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Russian troops shell neighborhoods daily and send drones laden with bombs buzzing over the streets.—
Brian Mann,
NPR,
28 Jan. 2025
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This dust produces a ring or shell around the two massive stars, which then begins drifting outward.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
16 Jan. 2025
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Adrianne Palicki is scrubbing in — and stripping down — when Doctor Odyssey returns to ABC on Thursday, March 6 (9/8c).—
Andy Swift,
TVLine,
11 Feb. 2025
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Ionized gas is typically found in active star-forming regions, where radiation from young, hot stars strips electrons from atoms This makes the location of J0624-6948 and J0614-7251 particularly unexpected.—
Victoria Corless,
Space.com,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Defoliate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defoliate. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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