defoliate

(dē-fō'lē-āt')

v., -at·ed, -at·ing, -ates.

v.tr.

1. To deprive (a plant, tree, or forest) of leaves.
2. To cause the leaves of (a plant, tree, or forest) to fall off, especially by the use of chemicals.

v.intr.
To lose foliage.

[Late Latin dēfoliāre, dēfoliāt- : Latin dē-, de- + Latin folium, leaf.]

defoliate de·fo'li·ate (-ĭt) adj.
defoliation de·fo'li·a'tion n.
defoliator de·fo'li·a'tor n.

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v. remove leaves from (a tree, plant, or area of land) as a military tactic: the area was defoliated and napalmed many times.

defoliation n.

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• Practice, Tools, and Techniques - defoliation: unnatural and often unhealthy loss of leaves

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - foretage kemisk afbladning af
v. intr. - foretage kemisk afbladning

Nederlands (Dutch)
ontbladeren

Français (French)
v. tr. - défolier
v. intr. - défolier

Deutsch (German)
v. - entblättern, entlauben

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - αποφυλλίζω/-ομαι, μαδώ, ξεφυλλίζω

Italiano (Italian)
defogliare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - desfolhar

Русский (Russian)
лишать листвы

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - defoliar, deshojar
v. intr. - deshojarse

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - avlöva

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使落叶, 除掉...的叶, 除叶, 去叶

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使落葉, 除掉...的葉
v. intr. - 除葉, 去葉

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 잎이 시들게 하다, 고엽제를 살포하다
v. intr. - 잎이 시들다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 落葉させる, 落葉剤をまく

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يجرد النباتات من أوراقها وبخاصه قبل أوان سقوطها‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮השיר עלים בשטח מיוער נרחב ע"י ריסוס כימי או פצצות תבערה כדי לחשוף את חיילי האויב‬
v. intr. - ‮השיר עלים (עץ)‬

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