defoliates

verb

present tense third-person singular of defoliate
as in shells

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  1. shells
  2. barks
  3. skins
  4. strips
  5. exposes
  6. scales
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  • During the drive, a tank shells the car, killing most of the occupants.
    — E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2025
Definition of shells
Verb
  • The dog searches, finds the person, barks, and receives the toy as his reward.
    — Tibisay Zea, Christian Science Monitor, 15 July 2026
  • Early sips are big on citrus (specifically pomelo and lemon) and herbal tea, alongside lighter elements of cedar and birch barks.
    — David Thomas Tao, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
Definition of barks
Verb
  • Onion skins to add nutrients to soil, either through compost heap or by placing scraps directly in the dirt.
    — Ashley Chalmers, The Spruce, 7 July 2026
  • Sanders, along with two of his daughters, skins the fish straightaway.
    — Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 June 2026
Definition of skins
Verb
  • And typically, the extreme radiation around these stars totally strips the atmospheres from the planets orbiting them, so astronomers have wondered if planets orbiting these stars can have an atmosphere at all.
    — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 16 July 2026
  • Nomono also has a lighter version called the Stellar Kit that strips the system down to two lavalier microphones and a mobile app.
    — Damion Taylor, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
Definition of strips
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  • Anti-ICE walkout exposes how school district 'failed' parents, risked student safety.
    — , FOXNews.com, 20 July 2026
  • To Slaughter and many others, this carveout doesn’t make sense and exposes the weakness in Roberts’s reasoning.
    — Cristian Farias, Vanity Fair, 16 July 2026
Definition of exposes
Verb
  • High-speed charging serves as a pivotal selling point for Hongqi as the brand scales its global footprint across Europe and the Middle East to take on traditional legacy automakers.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 29 July 2026
  • When planning is coordinated, investment becomes more efficient, projects move faster and innovation scales more quickly.
    — Andreas Schierenbeck, Fortune, 27 July 2026
Definition of scales
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