Object

• forest: The military objective was to defoliate the forests which provided operational cover for Viet Kong and North Vietnamese forces.

• crop: Most growers have managed to defoliate crops before the disease spread to tubers.

• tree: South American ants can defoliate a tree or eat 30 square meters of Soya beans in a single night.

Preposition: by

• caterpillar: Much of the hawthorn scrub was defoliated by caterpillars in the early spring and this affected the May blossom.

Modifying Another Word

• completely: Last week she noticed it looked rather depleted; in fact the fuchsia had been completely defoliated.