deforestation — English Dictionary

Noun

1. The process of destroying a forest and replacing it with something else, especially with an agricultural system.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Antonyms

   afforestationreforestation

   Examples

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   Buried within the Mediterranean littoral are some seventy to ninety million tons of slag from ancient smelting, about a third of it concentrated in Iberia. This ceaseless industrial fueling caused the deforestation of an estimated fifty to seventy million acres of woodlands.

   The world leaders gathered at a crucial climate summit secured new agreements on Tuesday to end deforestation and reduce emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane, building momentum as the conference prepared to shift to a more grueling two weeks of negotiations on how to avert the planet’s catastrophic warming.

2. A transformation to eliminate intermediate data structures within a program.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

Noun

1. the state of being clear of trees

   Broader terms

   environmental condition

2. the removal of trees

   Synonyms

   disforestation

   Broader terms

   denudationstrippinguncoveringbaringhusking