simple past tense and past participle of deform

An agent used to defoliate plants.

(transitive) To remove foliage from (one or more plants), most often with a chemical agent.

Deprived of leaves; defoliated.

(transitive) To clear (an area) of forest.

plural of defoliant

(physics) The energy that must be supplied to an initially spherical atomic nucleus to give it a sufficient deformation to undergo nuclear fission according to the Bohr-Wheeler theory

present participle of defoliate

plural of defoliator

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defoliate