disafforest

• Verbo que significa talar o eliminar los bosques o árboles de un terreno, convirtiendo tierras forestales para otros usos. En la actualidad está en gran medida sustituido por «deforestación» en su forma verbal «deforestar».

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

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   To clear an area of its forest or trees.

   Talár o desforestar

   • 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.

   Sinónimosclearclear-cutdeforestdenude

   Antónimosafforestforestreforest