From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Defoliate \De*fo"li*ate\, Defoliated \De*fo"li*a'ted\ a. Deprived of leaves, as by their natural fall.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
defoliate \de*fol"i*ate\, verb (used with an object) [LL. defoliare, to shed leaves; L. de- + folium leaf: cf. F. d['e]foliation.] to cause (a plant) to shed its leaves. [PJC]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: deprived of leaves [syn: {defoliated}]
verb
1: strip the leaves or branches from; "defoliate the trees with pesticides"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
18 Moby Thesaurus words for "defoliate": 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
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