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DISFORESTATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does disforestation mean?
• DISFORESTATION (noun)
The noun DISFORESTATION has 1 sense:
1. the removal of trees
Familiarity information: DISFORESTATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The removal of trees
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
deforestation; disforestation
Hypernyms ("disforestation" is a kind of...):
baring; denudation; husking; stripping; uncovering (the removal of covering)
Derivation:
disforest (remove the trees from)
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