girdling
Example Sentences
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Small gaps were created by felling or girdling any competing tree that overlapped the hemlock's outermost branches, or dripline.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2023
Sprinklers sent arcs of water onto the rich, green swales girdling the townhouse and condo developments.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 11, 2021
In the new world, China envisages girdling the planet with a network of transportation and resource infrastructure.
From New York Times ● Jan. 30, 2019
Crews have employed a number of tactics, including felling trees with chain saws, girdling their trunks with a blade and spraying the wound with a systemic herbicide.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 17, 2018
A huge wave girdling it was advancing towards us relentlessly.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
