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deforest Definition

de·for·est (dē fôrist)

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.

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