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DISFOREST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does disforest mean? 

DISFOREST (verb)
  The verb DISFOREST has 1 sense:

1. remove the trees fromplay

  Familiarity information: DISFOREST used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DISFOREST (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Remove the trees from

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

deforest; disafforest; disforest

Context example:

The landscape was deforested by the enemy attacks

Hypernyms (to "disforest" is one way to...):

clear (remove)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

disforestation (the removal of trees)


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