Desertify

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To become desert. intransitive
  2. 2
    To cause (a geographical region) to become desert. transitive

    "Part of the genius of Andalusi filahah was its water management, still light years ahead of industrialised modern agriculture, which decimates forests for high-output farms that dry up streams and springs and desertifies fertile terrain."

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"Part of the genius of Andalusi filahah was its water management, still light years ahead of industrialised modern agriculture, which decimates forests for high-output farms that dry up streams and springs and desertifies fertile terrain."

Etymology

From desert + -ify.

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