DEFOLIATED Synonyms: 16 Similar Words | Merriam-Webster Thesaurus

defoliated

verb

past tense of defoliate

as in denuded

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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

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Anyone in Livingston County who believes they've been exposed is asked to capture the bat, report the exposure by filling out a form on the health department's website and call department staff at 517‑552‑6882 for testing guidance and next steps.

— Nicholas Lentz, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026
This development has only increased the chance of strikes breaking through defensive lines to hit already exposed forward bases.

— Alexander Langlois, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of exposed

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But before the developers can build the swank tower, part of the site needed to be stripped of its historic landmark status.

— Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2026
That combination, just like QIH, suppressed neuronal firing and stripped out a comparable share of synapses, but the mice came out of it with impaired fear memory.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 22 Aug. 2026

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As residents complain and other communities, such as Monroe County and Sumpter Township, have scaled back or decided against Flock cameras, Waterford police have no plans to take down these cameras anytime soon.

— Heath Kalb, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
Startups like Anduril have scaled to decacorn valuations without taking a dollar of traditional PE money, and may skip over Wall Street entirely on their paths to eventually go public.

— Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 20 Aug. 2026

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The children are dismembered and penetrated, flayed alive, disemboweled, and their intestines set alight.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026
But after Richard’s death, his mercenary captain and right-hand man, the infamous Mercadier, had Basile flayed alive and hanged.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

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