On this page you'll find 5 example sentences with Defoliate. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as defoliated or leafless and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Defoliate meaning
To remove foliage from (one or more plants), most often with a chemical agent.
Synonyms of Defoliate
Using Defoliate
- The main meaning on this page is: To remove foliage from (one or more plants), most often with a chemical agent.
- Useful related words include: defoliated, leafless, denude, bare.
- In the example corpus, defoliate often appears in combinations such as: to defoliate.
Context around Defoliate
- Average sentence length in these examples: 30 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Defoliate
- In this selection, "defoliate" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 30 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, tae, forests, hiding and trees stand out and add context to how "defoliate" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and could defoliate trees convert and hairspray tae defoliate it. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "defoliate" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with defoliate
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Closing in on the Republican nomination for president, the Arizona senator suggested that “low-yield” nuclear bombs could be useful to defoliate forests in Vietnam. (25 words)
The Mk. 13 shell could create a crater convert wide and convert deep upon impact and detonation, and could defoliate trees convert from the point of impact. (27 words)
They were used to defoliate large parts of the countryside to prevent the Viet Cong from being able to hide their weapons and encampments under the foliage. (27 words)
Agent Orange is a term that is used to describe a series of odorless herbicides that were used by the military to defoliate hiding places, fields and rice paddies that were used by the Viet Cong for survival. (38 words)
The Christmas tree is nae so much taen doon as taen oot – it’s still smouldering in the backie, efter my Jayden used a match and a thing o’ hairspray tae defoliate it. (33 words)
The Mk. 13 shell could create a crater convert wide and convert deep upon impact and detonation, and could defoliate trees convert from the point of impact. (27 words)
Example sentences (5)
The Christmas tree is nae so much taen doon as taen oot – it’s still smouldering in the backie, efter my Jayden used a match and a thing o’ hairspray tae defoliate it.
Closing in on the Republican nomination for president, the Arizona senator suggested that “low-yield” nuclear bombs could be useful to defoliate forests in Vietnam.
Agent Orange is a term that is used to describe a series of odorless herbicides that were used by the military to defoliate hiding places, fields and rice paddies that were used by the Viet Cong for survival.
The Mk. 13 shell could create a crater convert wide and convert deep upon impact and detonation, and could defoliate trees convert from the point of impact.
They were used to defoliate large parts of the countryside to prevent the Viet Cong from being able to hide their weapons and encampments under the foliage.
Common combinations with defoliate
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to defoliate 3×