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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 treesplay

  Familiarity information: DISFORESTATION used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DISFORESTATION (noun)


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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