defoliate
 transitive verb
 defoliar
EN Concern about the environmental impact of warfare began in earnest with Operation Ranch Hand, the U.S. campaign to defoliate Viet Nam's jungles and flush out guerrillas during the late 1960s.
GL A preocupación polas consecuencias da guerra para o medio natural xurdiu trala operación Ranch Hand, levada a cabo en Vietnam polos Estados Unidos na década de 1960. O seu obxectivo era defolia-la selva para expulsar dela ós combatentes comunistas.
 Fonte: C21 (766)
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