"deforestation" meaning in English

See deforestation in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /dɪˌfɒɹɪsˈteɪʃən/ [UK], /ˌdiːfɒɹɪsˈteɪʃən/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-deforestation.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-deforestation.wav 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), 산림 파괴 (sallim pagoe) (alt: 山林破壞) (Korean), 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': 84 16
  2. (computing theory) A transformation to eliminate intermediate data structures within a program. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Theory of computing
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: antideforestation, nondeforestation

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "산림 파괴"
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      "word": "desmatamento"
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      "word": "despădurire"
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      "sense": "process of destroying a forest",
      "word": "ormansızlaştırma"
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      "sense": "process of destroying a forest",
      "word": "phá rừng"
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