Etymology

From de- +‎ forest.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈfɒɹɪst/
Audio (Southern England): (file)

Verb

deforest (third-person singular simple present deforests, present participle deforesting, simple past and past participle deforested)

(transitive) To clear (an area) of forest.
(transitive, law, archaic) To disafforest (remove legal status as forest).

Derived terms

Related terms

deafforest

Translations

to clear an area of forest

Catalan: desboscar (ca), desforestar (ca)
Danish: rydde for skov, afskove
Dutch: ontbossen (nl)
Esperanto: senarbarigi
Finnish: kaataa metsää, poistaa metsää, hävittää metsää
French: déboiser (fr), déforester (fr)
Galician: deforestar
German: entwalden (de)
Ido: desarborizar (io)
Latin: deforēstō
Macedonian: обесшумува (obesšumuva)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: avskoge
Piedmontese: disbosché
Polish: wylesiać (pl) impf, wylesić (pl) pf
Portuguese: desflorestar, deflorestar
Russian: обезле́сить (ru) (obezlésitʹ)
Spanish: deforestar (es), clarear (es)
Swedish: avskoga, skövla (sv)
Turkish: ormansızlaştırmak

Anagrams

forested, fostered

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