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slash-and-burn definition

slash-and-burn (slas̸h′ən bʉrn′)

adjective

  1. of or having to do with a type of primitive forest agriculture in which fields are cleared by cutting down and burning vegetation
  2. extremely destructive in an indiscriminate way

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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