Disforest

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To disafforest

    "“And so they’re going to cut down Chaldicotes forest, are they, Mr. Sowerby?” “Well, I can’t tell you that. They are going to disforest it. I have been ranger since I was twenty-two, and I don’t yet know whether that means cutting down.”"

  2. 2
    remove the trees from wordnet

Synonyms

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deforestdeforestdisafforest

Example

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"“And so they’re going to cut down Chaldicotes forest, are they, Mr. Sowerby?” “Well, I can’t tell you that. They are going to disforest it. I have been ranger since I was twenty-two, and I don’t yet know whether that means cutting down.”"

Etymology

From dis- + forest.

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