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The loss of foliage
Answer for the clue "The loss of foliage ", 11 letters:
defoliation
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Word definitions for defoliation in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1650s, noun of action from past participle stem of Late Latin defoliare "shed leaves," from de- (see de- ) + folium "leaf" (see folio ).
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The separation of ripened leaves from a branch or stem; the falling or shedding of the leaves.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
defoliation \de*fo`li*a"tion\, n. [LL. defoliare, defoliatum, to shed leaves; L. de- + folium leaf: cf. F. d['e]foliation.] The separation of ripened leaves from a branch or stem; the falling or shedding of the leaves. 2. the act or process of causing ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the loss of foliage causing the leaves of trees and other plants to fall off (as by the use of chemicals)
Usage examples of defoliation.
Herbicides, primarily used in defoliation missions, destroyed everything green around special forces camps, major air bases, along canals, rivers, highways, and anything that would offer the enemy cover.
And interestingly when people want to paint the defoliation mission in a very dark picture, they go to that section of the river that we purposely did this to.
Kolchin said, coming back from his search-and-kill defoliation exercise and returning Cavanagh's knife to its sheath.
On the morning breeze came the strong scent of eucalyptus from the groves planted after the American defoliation of the area during the war.
The defoliation of Optera, the Invid homeworld, had been their first directive under the reconfigured imperative.
The reason for this can be traced back to the chaotic period following the defoliation of Optera by the Masters' newly created clone warriors.
The plundering, genocide, defoliation and gang rape that typified the peninsula's past had been toned down for the sake of Francis X.