Verb
To become desert.
Usage- Intransitive
- of a geographical region
To cause (a geographical region) to become desert.
Usage- Transitive
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Part of the genius of Andalusi filahah was its water management, still light years ahead of industrialised modern agriculture, which decimates forests for high-output farms that dry up streams and springs and desertifies fertile terrain.