Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
disafforestation . - noun The act of deforesting, or of clearing of woods and forests; the destruction of forests.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of clearing land of forests.
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- noun Archaic form of
deforestation .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the removal of trees
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Another is the unequal distribution of wealth, there being practically no middle class; a third is the injudicious disforestation which has been carried on without regard to the future.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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