- present participle of girdle.
girdling
Example Sentences
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Felling is cutting down the tree outright, while girdling refers to killing the tree by removing its access to nutrients, but not cutting it down.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2023
Many adult lampreys make it through fish ladders designed for salmon, but at each of the eight dams girdling the lower Columbia and Snake rivers, their ranks are reduced by roughly 30% to 50%.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 23, 2022
With hard freezes becoming increasingly rare, more larvae are growing into adult beetles that systematically eat bark, girdling and killing the trees, “turning whole slopes from green to red.”
From Washington Post ● May 17, 2019
In the new world, China envisages girdling the planet with a network of transportation and resource infrastructure.
From New York Times ● Jan. 30, 2019
A huge wave girdling it was advancing towards us relentlessly.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
