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
In the new world, China envisages girdling the planet with a network of transportation and resource infrastructure.
From New York Times ● Jan. 30, 2019
They also squandered timber by girdling trees to clear land, cutting the bark around their trunks and later burning them.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
A huge wave girdling it was advancing towards us relentlessly.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
