to clear (land) of forests or trees
deforest
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deforest
transitive verb
de·for·est·ed, de·for·est·ing, de·for·ests- To cut down and clear away the trees or forests from.
- To destroy the trees or forests on: hillsides that were deforested by drought.
Related Forms:
- de·for′es·ta′tion
noun
- de·for′est·er
noun
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Lee 1873–1961
American electrical engineer and inventor who is known as "the father of radio." He patented more than 300 inventions, including the triode electron tube, which made it possible to amplify and detect radio waves.
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present deforests, present participle deforesting, simple past and past participle deforested)
- To destroy or to fell all the trees of a forest.
Origin
de- + forest
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