girdled

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As long as a tree is not girdled — cut entirely around its circumference, severing all the vascular tissue — it will continue to live.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 12, 2023

Temujin girdled his sworn friend Jamukha with the golden belt taken as loot from Toqto’a of the Merkit.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Individual ash can also be girdled to make a so-called trap tree: the bark is removed all the way around the trunk, drawing borers in the vicinity with the promise of exposed sapwood.

From The Verge • Nov. 25, 2019

Undesirable tree species and invasive vegetation were carefully managed, meaning they were cut, girdled, or treated with herbicide.

From Slate • Aug. 28, 2018

Pus-yellow pools girdled her scabbed nose, and her swollen lips were fenced with mean rows of brackish stitches.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris