defoliate

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Others defended the choice: "'Defriend' makes me think of 'defoliate' and, well, I dunno, it sounds weird," one wrote.
擁護(hù)者則這樣寫：“‘defriend’讓我想起‘defoliate’，嗯，我也不知道，總之聽起來怪怪的?！?/li>
This annoying pest is harboured in the soil beneath the bush and manifests as a mass of tiny caterpillars that can defoliate the plant overnight.
這種令人厭煩的害蟲生活在鵝莓樹底下的土壤里，是一種能夠在一夜之間破壞到所有樹葉的蟲子。
Infestations of these caterpillars defoliate oaks and other hardwood trees but usually do no permanent damage.
橫行的毛蟲使得橡樹落葉和其他硬木樹但是通常不會有持久的損害。

To defoliate an area or the plants in it means to cause the leaves on the plants to fall off or be destroyed. This is done especially in war to remove protection from an enemy.
defoliation