defoliating

verb

present participle of defoliate
as in barking

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for defoliating
  1. barking
  2. shelling
  3. flaying
  4. stripping
  5. skinning
  6. scaling
  7. exposing
  8. shucking
Verb
  • Rubber-bullet shooters and a barking K-9 unit trailed behind.
    — Sophie Landres, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The barking bunch performed unbelievable tricks in sync with music and choreography, leading to their victory.
    — Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of barking
Verb
  • Napoli were camped inside their own penalty area, tortoise-shelling, daring Arsenal to batter their way through.
    — Amy Lawrence, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Lebanon's state news agency reported new airstrikes and shelling on their hometown over the weekend.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of shelling
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  • The Saints also appeared to have scored a defensive touchdown when edge rusher Chase Young hit Lions QB Jared Goff hard from behind, sending the ball flaying backward toward the Detroit goal line.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Dwight grabbed my arm, wrenching my hand out of my pocket, flaying it like a fish, pulling me along.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 May 2026
Definition of flaying
Verb
  • Protect the barrier and cleanse without stripping with botanical oils and beeswax.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026
  • In practice, this means counting the steps to make a transaction and stripping them down.
    — Clarissa Windham-Bradstock, Forbes.com, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of stripping
Verb
  • If hunting or skinning animals, use gloves, and cook game meat thoroughly before eating.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
  • If hunting, trapping or skinning animals, use gloves when handling animals and cook game meat thoroughly before eating, according to the CDC.
    — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of skinning
Verb
  • In certain circumstances, temporarily scaling back the extra payments could leave you in a better financial position instead.
    — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Dealer Emanuel Layre is scaling back his gallery after 15 years in the Austrian capital, as ARTnews reported earlier, and according to Die Presse, Zeller van Almsick gallery will also close after nine years.
    — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of scaling
Verb
  • And Jeremy Allen White is Jeff Horwitz, the Wall Street Journal tech reporter with whom Haugen collaborates on an explosive series of articles informally titled The Facebook Files, exposing the toxic culture behind the company’s stratospheric reach.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Prier said the city was failing residents and exposing itself to a lawsuit by not providing adequate court access.
    — Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of exposing
Verb
  • Groups then pull on rubber boots and get their hands dirty, learning to dig for clams and shucking fresh, raw oysters harvested directly from the beach.
    — Abigail Bliss, Denver Post, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Jack Callahan was just a kid when his dad, William, ran the place, with his wife using a VW van for deliveries and the kids – Jack included – shucking lobster meat for those famed rolls.
    — Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of shucking
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