单词	defoliant
释义	defoliant /diːˈfəʊliənt / noun A chemical that removes the leaves from trees and plants, used in warfare.Much of the countryside was laid waste through carpet-bombing, napalm and widespread use of chemical defoliants, and even a quarter century after the end of the war, the economic and ecological impact remain enormous.... He later contracted and perished from cancer, which he and his father believed was caused by exposure to chemical defoliants used extensively in the war. By 1985 one-third of the country was considered wasteland, thanks to the use of chemical defoliants.
随便看	prison bar prison base prison-bird prison-bound prison breach prison breaker prison breaking prison camp prison cell prison crop prison-cropped prison door prison editor prisoner prisoner of conscience prisoner of state Prisoner of the Crown prisoner of war prisoner-of-war camp prisoner-of-wardom prisoners' bars prisoners bars prisoner's bars prisoner's base prisoner's dilemma

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