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Recent Examples of defoliate
Both tomatoes were bred using West Virginia ’63 as the parent fruit and boasted resistance to late blight as well as to Septoria leaf spot, a defoliating disease that exposes the fruit to sunburn.
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Ashley Stimpson, Washington Post, 15 June 2024
Fresh buds may also be consumed if trees are severely defoliated.
—Pamm Cooper, Hartford Courant, 8 May 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
Some cultivars tolerate rust, but intolerant cultivars can defoliate completely.
—Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2024
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Ashley Stimpson, Washington Post, 15 June 2024
Fresh buds may also be consumed if trees are severely defoliated.
—Pamm Cooper, Hartford Courant, 8 May 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
Some cultivars tolerate rust, but intolerant cultivars can defoliate completely.
—Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for defoliate
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The formula is a gel-cream that hydrates skin with such ingredients as collagen-boosting copper peptides, smoothing saccharide isomerate, moisture-retaining sodium PCA, and calming zinc oxide.—
Danielle Sinay,
Glamour,
8 May 2025
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Eyes dart, brows furrow, and Holliday lets slip a slight grin, before skinning that smoke wagon and firing one shot into Ringo’s forehead.—
Joseph Hudak,
Rolling Stone,
2 Apr. 2025
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After the inning, Prior barked at Rehak from the dugout, triggering his ejection.—
Jack Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
10 May 2025
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While barking can increase in older canines due to cognitive or sensory changes, a sudden burst of voice after years of relative silence is unusual and may point to a new sense of comfort or energy in the dog's surroundings.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 May 2025
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Place hulled strawberries, sugar, and 2 cups of the water in a blender with lemon quarters; blend on HIGH until almost fully pureed, 30 seconds to 1 minute.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
15 May 2025
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Everything from lifeboat drills to hull design can trace its roots back to the hard lessons learned from Titanic’s fate.—
David Nikel,
Forbes.com,
3 May 2025
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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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Clark, who wore a mischievous smile, flayed her arm once more for the dramatics before stepping on the court and finishing a defensive drill.—
James Boyd,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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And leather boots, barely-there flayed skirts, faux leather, faux ostrich feathers, and while crowds at Lollapalooza may edge ever closer to public nudity, Charli and her ongoing Brat Summer tour clearly inspired a cleavage arms race for the ages.—
Christopher Borrelli,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2025
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Trash burning and water shortages are a worsening blight, while the construction of upscale villas has denuded vegetation and exacerbated a perennial flooding problem.—
Charlie Campbell,
TIME,
17 Mar. 2025
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During Trump’s first term, the Republicans’ feed-the-rich Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 denuded the tax base, causing revenues as a percentage of G.D.P. to fall.—
John Cassidy,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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Despite a pause in drone attacks, Russian forces continued shelling frontline and border areas, using glide bombs on military and civilian targets, in violation of its own ceasefire, Ukrainian authorities reported.—
Katya Soldak,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
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India and Pakistan abruptly declared a cease-fire on Saturday after four days of rapidly escalating drone volleys, shelling and airstrikes that appeared to bring the old enemies to the brink of outright war.—
Anupreeta Das,
New York Times,
10 May 2025
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Bissouma had been stripped of the ball by Pedro Neto on the halfway line and made the situation worse in his desperation to atone for the initial error.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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Even if that court rules the Trump administration’s decision to strip Venezuelans of their TPS protections is unlawful, however, the Supreme Court’s Monday ruling revoking the protections will remain in place.—
Alison Durkee,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
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“Defoliate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defoliate. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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