defoliate
verb (used with object)
to strip (a tree, bush, etc.) of leaves.
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Nyla lingered so long watching me and Epsilon-5 begin our defoliator project, I didn’t have time to test the samples.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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