defoliant

Example Sentences

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More than half of that spraying involved the dioxin-contaminated defoliant Agent Orange.

From Salon • Apr. 30, 2025

Some deforestation can be traced back to the Vietnam War, when forests were sprayed with the toxic defoliant known as Agent Orange.

From National Geographic • Dec. 20, 2023

He returned regularly to Vietnam after the war to shoot assignments, run photo workshops and photograph victims of Agent Orange, a carcinogenic defoliant sprayed by the American military to clear jungles there.

From New York Times • Aug. 24, 2022

U.S. military commanders, worried about the potential health risks to their troops, had flashbacks to the Vietnam War, when U.S. forces sprayed Agent Orange – a toxic defoliant – over tropical jungles.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 9, 2019

I mentally fist pump and suit up to start on the defoliant.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera