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
Verb
  • 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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  • 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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  • 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
  • Renasens received the Innovation in Recycling Technology Award for its waterless process that strips dyes and separates fibers in blended garments while leaving them intact.
    — Sarah Jones, Footwear News, 6 July 2026
Definition of strips
Verb
  • More often than not, heavy rain exposes small maintenance issues that have gone unnoticed for months or even years.
    — Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 13 July 2026
  • Rose’s story exposes the truly devastating human toll of these cuts.
    — Tara Bannow, STAT, 13 July 2026
Definition of exposes
Verb
  • As the Gulf scales its AI capabilities, advanced manufacturing facilities, and hyperscale data centre infrastructure, battery energy storage is emerging as a critical enabler of reliable, flexible, and resilient power systems.
    — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 14 July 2026
  • The workload scales with the square of the number of digits (n2, where n is the number of digits in the numbers being multiplied).
    — Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 13 July 2026
Definition of scales
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