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

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

Researchers like Dr. Hanson envision a quantum communications network formed from a chain of entangled particles girdling the entire globe.

From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2015

A huge wave girdling it was advancing towards us relentlessly.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel