"deforestation" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dɪˌfɒɹɪsˈteɪʃən/ [UK], /ˌdiːfɒɹɪsˈteɪʃən/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-deforestation.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-deforestation.wav [US] Forms: deforestations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From deforest + -ation. First attested in 1870. Etymology templates: {{af|en|deforest|-ation}} deforest + -ation, {{etydate/the|1870}} 1870, {{etydate|1870}} First attested in 1870. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} deforestation (countable and uncountable, plural deforestations)
  1. The process of destroying a forest and replacing it with something else, especially with an agricultural system. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (process of destroying a forest): абязле́сенне (abjazljésjennje) [neuter] (Belarusian), desforestació [feminine] (Catalan), afskovning [common-gender] (Danish), ontbossing [feminine] (Dutch), senarbarigo (Esperanto), metsän hävittäminen (Finnish), déforestation [feminine] (French), déboisement [masculine] (French), deforestación [feminine] (Galician), გაუტყევება (gauṭq̇eveba) (Georgian), Abholzung [feminine] (German), Entwaldung [feminine] (German), Kahlschlag [masculine] (German), αποψίλωση (apopsílosi) [feminine] (Greek), erdőirtás (Hungarian), pengawahutanan (Indonesian), deforestasi (Indonesian), deforestazione [feminine] (Italian), ការកាប់បំផ្លាញព្រៃឈើ (kaakapbɑmphlaañprɨychəə) (Khmer), обесшумување (obesšumuvanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), голосек (golosek) [masculine] (Macedonian), penyahhutanan (Malay), whakarakenga (Maori), avskoging [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), avskoging [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), desforestacion [feminine] (Occitan), wylesianie [neuter] (Polish), desmatamento [masculine] (Portuguese), desflorestamento [masculine] (Portuguese), despădurire [feminine] (Romanian), обезле́сение (obezlésenije) [neuter] (Russian), вы́рубка ле́са (výrubka lésa) [feminine] (Russian), deforestacija [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), rašumljavanje [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), desmontadura [feminine] (Spanish), deforestación [feminine] (Spanish), skogsskövling [common-gender] (Swedish), avskogning [common-gender] (Swedish), higubat (Tagalog), ormansızlaştırma (Turkish), phá rừng (Vietnamese), ìpagbórun (Yoruba)
    Sense id: en-deforestation-en-noun-S0KNND5v Disambiguation of 'process of destroying a forest': 88 12
  2. (computing theory) A transformation to eliminate intermediate data structures within a program. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Theory of computing
    Sense id: en-deforestation-en-noun-qWcXP1w0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ation Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 73 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ation: 34 66 Topics: computing, computing-theory, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪʃən"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
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    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "abjazljésjennje",
      "sense": "process of destroying a forest",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "абязле́сенне"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "process of destroying a forest",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "desforestació"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "process of destroying a forest",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "afskovning"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "process of destroying a forest",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ontbossing"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "process of destroying a forest",
      "word": "senarbarigo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "process of destroying a forest",
      "word": "metsän hävittäminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "process of destroying a forest",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "déforestation"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "process of destroying a forest",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "déboisement"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "process of destroying a forest",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "deforestación"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gauṭq̇eveba",
      "sense": "process of destroying a forest",
      "word": "გაუტყევება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "process of destroying a forest",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Abholzung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "process of destroying a forest",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Entwaldung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "process of destroying a forest",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kahlschlag"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "apopsílosi",
      "sense": "process of destroying a forest",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "αποψίλωση"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "process of destroying a forest",
      "word": "erdőirtás"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "process of destroying a forest",
      "word": "pengawahutanan"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "process of destroying a forest",
      "word": "deforestasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "process of destroying a forest",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "deforestazione"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "kaakapbɑmphlaañprɨychəə",
      "sense": "process of destroying a forest",
      "word": "ការកាប់បំផ្លាញព្រៃឈើ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "obesšumuvanje",
      "sense": "process of destroying a forest",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "обесшумување"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "golosek",
      "sense": "process of destroying a forest",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "голосек"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "process of destroying a forest",
      "word": "penyahhutanan"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "process of destroying a forest",
      "word": "whakarakenga"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "process of destroying a forest",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "avskoging"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "process of destroying a forest",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "avskoging"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "process of destroying a forest",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "desforestacion"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "process of destroying a forest",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "wylesianie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "process of destroying a forest",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "desmatamento"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "process of destroying a forest",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "desflorestamento"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "process of destroying a forest",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "despădurire"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obezlésenije",
      "sense": "process of destroying a forest",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "обезле́сение"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "výrubka lésa",
      "sense": "process of destroying a forest",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "вы́рубка ле́са"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "process of destroying a forest",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "deforestacija"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "process of destroying a forest",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rašumljavanje"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "process of destroying a forest",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "desmontadura"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "process of destroying a forest",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "deforestación"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "process of destroying a forest",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "skogsskövling"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "process of destroying a forest",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "avskogning"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "process of destroying a forest",
      "word": "higubat"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "process of destroying a forest",
      "word": "ormansızlaştırma"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "process of destroying a forest",
      "word": "phá rừng"
    },
    {
      "code": "yo",
      "lang": "Yoruba",
      "sense": "process of destroying a forest",
      "word": "ìpagbórun"
    }
  ],
  "word": "deforestation"
}

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