defoliate

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

defoliate
    adj 1: deprived of leaves [syn: {defoliate}, {defoliated}]
    v 1: strip the leaves or branches from; "defoliate the trees
         with pesticides"

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

defoliate \de*fol"i*ate\, v. t. [LL. defoliare, to shed leaves;
   L. de- + folium leaf: cf. F. d['e]foliation.]
   to cause (a plant) to shed its leaves.
   [PJC]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Defoliate \De*fo"li*ate\, Defoliated \De*fo"li*a`ted\ a.
   Deprived of leaves, as by their natural fall.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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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