defoliated

verb

past tense of defoliate
as in denuded

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for defoliated
  1. denuded
  2. barked
  3. skinned
  4. shelled
  5. exposed
  6. stripped
  7. scaled
  8. flayed
Verb
  • The tribe led efforts to restore Prairie Creek, which had been largely denuded and buried by the timber operation.
    — Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 28 July 2026
  • Against this show, college dorm room posters of melting clocks feel utterly denuded, with regrets to the angsty teens pinning them up.
    — Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of denuded
Verb
  • Mike Vrabel barked out instruction during a situational period working end-of-half plays, including one Hail Mary.
    — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Her dog barked, and Vera went to say hello, scratching the mutt between the ears.
    — Eric Boodman, STAT, 31 July 2026
Definition of barked
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  • From her home in Sedley, Virginia, Dot skinned, blanched, cooked, and packaged her signature nuts.
    — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 23 July 2026
  • All the specimens were skinned first, and the team removed any excess flesh and internal organs.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 1 July 2026
Definition of skinned
Verb
  • For homemade, combine ¾ cup sugar, ¾ cup water, ½ cup shelled and toasted pistachios and a pinch of salt in a saucepan.
    — Gretchen McKay, Boston Herald, 8 July 2026
  • These coiled, shelled relatives of squid and octopuses were abundant predators, hunting in the same waters as fish, turtles, sharks and extinct marine reptiles called plesiosaurs.
    — Torben Rick, The Conversation, 18 June 2026
Definition of shelled
Verb
  • That has aligned the region with the United States — and exposed their AI assets to Iranian attacks, noted Helima Croft, head of global strategy at RBC Capital Markets.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Across France and Spain, megafires have scorched vast forests, displaced more than 300,000 people and exposed how a warming Europe is turning summer wildfire seasons into continent-wide emergencies.
    — Elena Becatoros, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of exposed
Verb
  • Prosecutors allege Williams and several other suspects held a victim against his will, pistol whipped him and stripped him of his belongings, Boyd said.
    — Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026
  • The title became available after Shakur Stevenson was stripped.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of stripped
Verb
  • Some lawmakers are calling for the incentive to be scaled back or eliminated altogether.
    — S.E. Jenkins, CBS News, 31 July 2026
  • Mulroney, 62, joined the show to fill the gap in the fire station after Eamonn Walker scaled back his role as Chief Wallace Boden after 12 seasons.
    — Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 31 July 2026
Definition of scaled
Verb
  • But after Richard’s death, his mercenary captain and right-hand man, the infamous Mercadier, had Basile flayed alive and hanged.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • The apostle was believed to have met his martyrdom by being flayed alive.
    — Virginia Raguin, The Conversation, 19 Feb. 2026
Definition of flayed
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