tree failure

noun

A naturally occurring event in which a tree suffers considerable damage, such as uprooting, the falling of a limb, or the splitting of a trunk, often posing a safety hazard to people and property in the vicinity.

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Meanings

nountree failure (countable and uncountable, plural tree failures)

plural tree failures

  1. countableuncountableA naturally occurring event in which a tree suffers considerable damage, such as uprooting, the falling of a limb, or the splitting of a trunk, often posing a safety hazard to people and property in the vicinity.
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APA

tree failure. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tree%20failure

MLA

“tree failure.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tree%20failure. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tree failure,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tree%20failure.

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