disafforest

• Verbe signifiant défricher une terre en abattant les arbres ou en enlevant la forêt ; convertir des terrains boisés à d'autres usages. De nos jours, largement remplacé par « déforester ».

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.

   Déboiser

   • 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.

   Synonymesclearclear-cutdeforestdenude

   Antonymesafforestforestreforest