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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
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  • Tight end Trey McBride said Brissett barks at the defense after making a big play, particularly at star safety Budda Baker, which spikes practice competitiveness.
    — Doug Haller, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Linnetz’s rambunctious wire-haired Viszla mix, Einstein, barks at what is unbeknownst to him one of the most legendary skateboards of all time.
    — Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 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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  • After the antler calcification process finishes, the velvet strips off.
    — Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 10 Sep. 2026
  • The Euphoria actress strips down to just about nothing to promote Novig, a sports prediction market.
    — Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of strips
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  • Continue reading … 'INSULTING' — Ex-Dem insider exposes what Harris told top donors days before Biden dropped out.
    — , FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Treating them as interchangeable exposes organizations to operational, regulatory and security risks that governance frameworks were never designed to address.
    — Neeraj Sabharwal, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of exposes
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  • Getting the balance between technology and clinical oversight right is the difference between a productivity tool that scales and one that quietly creates new forms of risk.
    — Pat Williams, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • To quantify this effect, the team modeled the drop as a conducting sphere hovering over a conducting wall, then calculated how the field strength scales with distance.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of scales
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“Defoliates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defoliates. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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