"completely" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- A badly infected mature tree may completely defoliate by the end of June, giving its owner a bad attack of jitters until it begins leafing out again a few weeks later.
- If we could manufacture and apply the virus to concerned areas it could provide a great way to prevent them from completely defoliating trees.
- Completely defoliated plants start to show die-back symptoms and gradually get killed.
- The larvae feed on the foliage of plants, and can completely defoliate small ones.
- In extreme droughts it may defoliate completely.
- The caterpillars can completely defoliate young citrus trees (below 2 feet) and devastate citrus nurseries.
- The larvae and adults of the Viburnum leaf beetle feed on the leaves and may completely defoliate the plant, and repeated damage can kill it.
- The nests may persist for up to 20 years and such a nest in rain forest can completely defoliate a major tree in a single night.
- The larvae are serious garden pests and can completely defoliate irises, especially the Yellow Iris, when these are growing by water.
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