deforestation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The process of destroying a forest and replacing it with something else, especially with an agricultural system.
A transformation to eliminate intermediate data structures within a program.

/dɪˌfɒɹɪsˈteɪʃən/ /ˌdiːfɒɹɪsˈteɪʃən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-deforestation.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-deforestation.wav

deforestation deforestations

From deforest + -ation. First attested in 1870.

afforestation reforestation

antideforestation nondeforestation

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