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deforest

[ dee-fawr-ist, -for- ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to divest or clear of forests or trees:

    Poor planning deforested the area in ten years.



deforest

/ 徱ːˈɒɪ /

verb

  1. tr to clear of trees Alsodisforest
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

DeForest

/ ĭ-ôĭ /

  1. American electrical engineer and inventor who is known as "the father of radio." He patented more than 300 inventions, including the triode electron tube, which made it possible to amplify and detect radio waves.
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Derived Forms

  • ˈڴǰٱ, noun
  • ˌڴǰˈٲپDz, noun
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  • ·ڴǰe·tDz noun
  • ·ڴǰIJ· noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of deforest1

First recorded in 1530–40; de- + forest
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Example Sentences

The Midland region was severely deforested, and there was a shortage of wood and food.

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In this, globally operating trading companies agreed to no longer purchase soy grown in freshly deforested areas.

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In Manaus, the capital of Amazonas state, the first cases in the current outbreak were detected near recently deforested areas.

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“Our forest is no longer deforested: the animals are awake and we’re more awake,” he said.

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But they were helpless against years-long droughts and also are believed to have deforested vast tracts for agriculture.

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