defoliates

verb

present tense third-person singular of defoliate
as in shells

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  1. shells
  2. barks
  3. shucks
  4. skins
  5. strips
  6. exposes
  7. 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
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  • Who is this man who shucks oysters as if preparing the Eucharist?
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 29 July 2026
Definition of shucks
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  • 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
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  • Susan strips down to her underwear and jumps in after him, with Thom following closely behind.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2026
  • That decision permanently strips the owner of future growth, dividends, voting rights and control over when the stock is sold.
    — Mark Lewyn, Baltimore Sun, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of strips
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  • In astrology, Venus governs love, pleasure, money, relationships and values, while Pluto exposes what’s lingering beneath the surface.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Bad prompts stay bad prompts because asking for help refining them exposes the dependency.
    — Nohar Zmora, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of exposes
Verb
  • Circle Garden Chives frame the quadrants of this circle garden, and a clematis scales the central trellis.
    — Teresa Woodard, Midwest Living, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The cost is consumption-based and scales with every task the agent performs, and much of the value shows up as work that no longer needs redoing, which never appears as a line item anywhere.
    — Ajay Pundhir, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of scales
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“Defoliates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defoliates. Accessed 15 Aug. 2026.

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