How do you pronounce defoliate?

defoliate is pronounced as /dɪˈfoʊlieɪt/.

🍂defoliate

verb

/dɪˈfoʊlieɪt/

to strip leaves from a tree, plant, or area, often using chemicals

The farmers defoliated the fields before harvest.

strip, clear, denude, remove leaves

fertilize, nourish

defoliate trees, defoliate crops, defoliate land, defoliate area

Describe or portray something precisely.

to cause difficulties, troubles, or harassment; to surround with military forces

to produce young animals; to reproduce; to keep animals for producing young

to scatter or spread things untidily over a surface or area

To feel regret or sorrow about something.

to swell or cause to swell, often due to fluid or gas