disforest

• Verbe désuet signifiant déboiser, c'est-à-dire abattre les arbres d'une forêt ou défricher des terres boisées.

An obsolete verb meaning to clear land of forests or trees; to deforest.

1. Remove trees from an areaC1formal

   To clear or remove the trees from a piece of land, often for agricultural or development purposes.

   déboiser

   • The company plans to disforest the area to build a new housing complex.
   • Large parts of the rainforest have been disforested for cattle ranching.
   • Environmentalists are protesting the decision to disforest the protected zone.

   Synonymesclearclear-cutdeforestdenude

   Antonymesafforestreforest