disafforest

• Verb, das das Entfernen von Wäldern oder Bäumen von einem Landstück bezeichnet, um es anderweitig zu nutzen. Heute weitgehend durch „roden“ oder „entwalden“ ersetzt.

A verb meaning to clear land of forests or trees; to convert forested land to other uses. Now largely replaced by 'deforest'.

1. Remove trees fromC2formalbritish

   To clear an area of its forest or trees.

   Wald roden

   • The company plans to disafforest the land for agricultural use.
   • Large areas were disafforested during the industrial revolution.
   • Environmentalists protested the decision to disafforest the ancient woodland.

   Synonymeclearclear-cutdeforestdenude

   Antonymeafforestforestreforest