deforestation

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The process of destroying a forest and replacing it with something else, especially with an agricultural system.
2. (countable, uncountable) A transformation to eliminate intermediate data structures within a program.

Opposite of

afforestation, reforestation

Synonyms

disforestation

deforest

felling

lumbering

riddance

disafforestation

disforesting

clearance

overcutting

Translations

deforestazione

déforestation

deforestación

Entwaldung

déboisement

Abholzung

diboscamento

desflorestação

desmatamento

ontbossing

إزالة الغابات

desflorestamento

desforestació

disboscamento

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪˌfɒɹɪsˈteɪʃən/

Etymology

From deforest + -ation. First attested in 1870.