defoliants in English
noun
1
a chemical that removes the leaves from trees and plants and is often 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.
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1. Arsenicals are used as desiccants or defoliants on cotton, and residues of cotton harvest fed to cattle may contain toxic amounts of arsenic. Signs and lesions caused by organic arsenical herbicides resemble those of inorganic arsenical poisoning