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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
denude, dismember, draw and quarter, flay, lacerate, maim, mangle, mutilate, peel, pick to pieces, pull apart, shred, skin, strip, take apart, tear apart, tear to pieces, tear to tatters
Dictionary Results for defoliate:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
defoliate
    adj 1: deprived of leaves [syn: defoliate, defoliated]
    v 1: strip the leaves or branches from; "defoliate the trees
         with pesticides"
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Defoliate \De*fo"li*ate\, Defoliated \De*fo"li*a`ted\ a.
   Deprived of leaves, as by their natural fall.
   [1913 Webster]
3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
defoliate \de*fol"i*ate\, v. t. [LL. defoliare, to shed leaves;
   L. de- + folium leaf: cf. F. d['e]foliation.]
   to cause (a plant) to shed its leaves.
   [PJC]
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