6 example sentences using defoliate.
Defoliate used in a sentence
Defoliate in a sentence as a verb
Can you defoliate the rain forest for your own amusement?
Leaf-cutters will defoliate your plants, not protect them!
It carpet bombed, it defoliated the jungle with agent orange.
Defoliate in a sentence as an adjective
These can defoliate a whole tomato plant in just a few days, it's insane how much they eat, and how reviled the larvae are as pests compared to how cool the adults are.
]And from WP:The goal was to defoliate rural/forested land, depriving guerrillas of food and cover and clearing sensitive areas such as around base perimeters.
Xanthomonas axonopodis, a bacteria that defoliate orange trees.
Defoliate definitions
verb
strip the leaves or branches from; "defoliate the trees with pesticides"
adjective
deprived of leaves
See also: defoliated