defoliate

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I - verb

strip the leaves or branches from
- defoliate the trees with pesticides
• Derivationally related forms:
defoliation, defoliant, defoliator
• Hypernyms:
denude, bare, denudate, strip
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- They defoliate the trees

II - adjective

deprived of leaves
• Syn:
defoliated
• Similar to:
leafless