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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 from
Familiarity information: DISFOREST used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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