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Adjective: defoliate  dee'fowleeut
  1. Deprived of leaves
    - defoliated
Verb: defoliate  dee'fowlee`eyt
  1. Strip the leaves or branches from
    "defoliate the trees with pesticides"

Derived forms: defoliating, defoliated, defoliates

See also: defoliant, defoliation, defoliator, leafless

Type of: bare, denudate, denude, strip

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deflective
deflector
deflexed
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defloration
deflower
Defoe
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defogger
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defoliate
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defoliator
deforce
deforest
deforestation
deform
deformation
deformational
deformed