deforest Definition
de·for·est (dē fôr′ist)
transitive verb
to clear (land) of forests or trees
deforest Related Forms
☆ de·for′·est·a′·tion noun
deforest Usage Examples
Object
- land: We passed through an area of deforested land where some conifers had been planted.
- area: The deforested area is on your left, the forest is on your right.
- slope: In 2005, Hurricane Stan resulted in mudslides on deforested mountain slopes which killed more than 1,500 people.
- hill: It was quite an entourage that scrambled up the bare deforested hill into the rainforest to see him released.
- glen: Every year our teams of dedicated volunteers plant many thousands of native trees in the bare, deforested glens of the Scottish Highlands.
- hillside: Blue-throated Barbet - Megalaima asiatica Two were seen at a partially deforested hillside between Mae Sot and Umphang on the 24/3/92.
Modifying Another Word
- heavily: The team monitored the exchange of genes in three small, remnant groups of ash in the heavily deforested Carrifran valley near Moffat.
- largely: VEGETATION The region was originally a vast forest refuge for innumerable species, largely deforested during the 20 th century.
- recently: The scheme will therefore include checks to ensure that fuels from recently deforested land are not purchased.
- already: The railroad will no longer go through the Maputo elephant reserve, but around it, in an area that is already deforested.
Browse dictionary entries near deforest
- ‹ deforciant
- ‹ deforce
- ‹ defoliate
- ‹ defoliant
- ‹ defogger
- ‹ Defoe, Daniel
- ‹ Defoe
- ‹ deflower
- ‹ defloration
- ‹ deflexion

