defoliated

verb

past tense of defoliate
as in denuded

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for defoliated
  1. denuded
  2. barked
  3. skinned
  4. shelled
  5. exposed
  6. stripped
  7. scaled
  8. flayed
Verb
  • The tribe led efforts to restore Prairie Creek, which had been largely denuded and buried by the timber operation.
    — Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 28 July 2026
  • Against this show, college dorm room posters of melting clocks feel utterly denuded, with regrets to the angsty teens pinning them up.
    — Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of denuded
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  • The upstairs neighbors had two mastiffs who were left home all day and who barked incessantly and scratched at the floor of their kennel.
    — Meghan O’Gieblyn, The New York Review of Books, 5 Sep. 2026
  • After the top of the ninth, Orioles reliever Cam Sanders barked at the Red Sox dugout, leading Ceddanne Rafaela and Jarren Duran to shout back from the top step, but nothing more transpired.
    — Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of barked
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  • One of the animals had been fully skinned while the other had been quartered.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
  • From her home in Sedley, Virginia, Dot skinned, blanched, cooked, and packaged her signature nuts.
    — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 23 July 2026
Definition of skinned
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  • Additionally, six facilities were cited for health food violations including old rodent droppings on the floor near chicken packaging and shelled eggs stored improperly.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Pakistani Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said in a statement Thursday that the strikes were carried out after eight drones were launched from Afghanistan and Afghan forces shelled Pakistani border posts.
    — MUNIR AHMED, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of shelled
Verb
  • That means most people are exposed to AI’s downsides — rising electricity costs, potential job disruption — without any claim on its upside.
    — Sarah Cannon, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026
  • The White House decision has heightened fears that Ukraine could be left exposed to Moscow's escalating attacks as winter approaches.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of exposed
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  • Despite Ukraine's pause, officials in Kyiv said the country has been stripped of advance warnings of incoming ballistic missiles, as Starlink connectivity services had been restricted across the country, disrupting military operations.
    — Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Many of those stripped from the electoral rolls are appealing their removal—an often laborious process—but the possibility of mass disenfranchisement is real.
    — Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of stripped
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  • Naig, who previously worked for chemical manufacturer Monsanto, highlighted the records that his department has set under Reynolds’ leadership and said conservation work is being scaled up to accelerate progress.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Naig, who previously worked for chemical manufacturer Monsanto, highlighted the records that his department has set under Reynolds' leadership and said conservation work is being scaled up to accelerate progress.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of scaled
Verb
  • Hamilton has flayed his Republican opponent for not holding public town halls -- an argument that resonates with Ubel.
    — Gaby Vinick, ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The children are dismembered and penetrated, flayed alive, disemboweled, and their intestines set alight.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of flayed
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