Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun defoliation

2 senses of defoliation

Sense 1
defoliation -- (the loss of foliage)
       => organic process, biological process -- (a process occurring in living organisms)

Sense 2
defoliation -- (causing the leaves of trees and other plants to fall off (as by the use of chemicals))
       => change of state -- (the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics)