defoliating

verb

present participle of defoliate
as in barking

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for defoliating
  1. barking
  2. shelling
  3. flaying
  4. stripping
  5. skinning
  6. scaling
  7. exposing
  8. shucking
Verb
  • Doing so can startle the dog and make the barking worse, LaSala says.
    — Angela Haupt, Time, 4 Nov. 2026
  • The video showed many of the dogs standing together on a dusty site, near dry brush, barking and wagging their tails.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of barking
Verb
  • In June, local media reported that five Russian first-person-view (FPV) drones had attacked construction workers distributing building materials to residents whose homes had been damaged by shelling.
    — Clare Sebastian, CNN Money, 10 Nov. 2026
  • This weekend's shows fell during the ceasefire, but the company plans to perform next weekend as usual, even as local officials warn that Russian forces have brought in more weapons and personnel and some residents expect shelling to intensify.
    — HANNA ARHIROVA, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of shelling
Verb
  • He is said to have been martyred by flaying and beheading at the command of the Armenian king Astyages after Bartholomew converted the king’s brother.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The Saints also appeared to have scored a defensive touchdown when edge rusher Chase Young hit Lions QB Jared Goff hard from behind, sending the ball flaying backward toward the Detroit goal line.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of flaying
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  • Take 4-inch segments of woody stem, stripping leaves from the bottom, and stick each cutting into lightweight potting medium.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 13 Nov. 2026
  • Even stripping out food and energy, inflation ran hotter than forecast.
    — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 13 Nov. 2026
Definition of stripping
Verb
  • Yamaguchi prepared each course live, skinning a pike conger or breaking down live lobsters from his perch behind the grill.
    — Noah Kaufman, Bon Appetit Magazine, 7 Oct. 2026
  • If hunting or skinning animals, use gloves, and cook game meat thoroughly before eating.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of skinning
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  • Notably, scaling up production required a complete redesign of standard assembly practices.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 Nov. 2026
  • For her part, Lubarsky in New York City is scaling her own graphic design and illustration client book while looking for a new job.
    — Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of scaling
Verb
  • The party that walks away from exposing it will keep paying at the ballot box.
    — Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Swallowing medications is one way to get around this, at the risk of exposing other tissues to unwanted effects.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of exposing
Verb
  • This time on The Tonight Show, Morgan lied repeatedly about Jimmy Fallon being from Kentucky and shucking corn while there.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Groups then pull on rubber boots and get their hands dirty, learning to dig for clams and shucking fresh, raw oysters harvested directly from the beach.
    — Abigail Bliss, Denver Post, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of shucking
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