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Recent Examples of Synonyms for defoliates
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During the drive, a tank shells the car, killing most of the occupants.—
E. Alex Jung,
Vulture,
11 Dec. 2025
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Trump barks in the presentation — audio clipped from previous speeches against his rival.—
Jordan Hoffman,
Entertainment Weekly,
26 Dec. 2025
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And as the person behind the camera approaches the pit bull, the dog growls and barks while standing in a fearful crouch.—
Desiree Anello,
PEOPLE,
15 Dec. 2025
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The company strips out nonessential systems and designs each component around mass reduction.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Jan. 2026
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This soap never strips the skin of moisture, leaving your face and body perfectly cleansed and your skin barrier stronger than before.—
Olivia Rose Rushing,
InStyle,
7 Jan. 2026
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The war in Ukraine exposes these trans-Atlantic strains most acutely.—
Daniel Ross Goodman,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Jan. 2026
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To get Corky off his back, Pine exposes his drinking issues, then takes over as the owner of Tradepass, the front company that Roper uses to sell weapons under the guise of agricultural equipment.—
Jake Kring-Schreifels,
Time,
9 Jan. 2026
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In this role, Klingenberg will lead CFY’s engineering and data science teams as the company scales.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
9 Jan. 2026
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Cue the Mayhem Ball, the pop star’s eighth concert tour, where Lady Gaga rises from a sand pit populated with skeletons, scales up a dress the size of a multi-story apartment building, and unravels the longest gown train a bride could ever dream of.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Defoliates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defoliates. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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