deforest

[dee-fawr-ist, -for-]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

to divest or clear of forests or trees.
Poor planning deforested the area in ten years.

deforest

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DeForest

American electrical engineer and inventor who is known as "the father of radio." He patented more than 300 inventions, including the triode electron tube, which made it possible to amplify and detect radio waves.

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First recorded in 1530–40; de- + forest

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The Midland region was severely deforested, and there was a shortage of wood and food.

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In this, globally operating trading companies agreed to no longer purchase soy grown in freshly deforested areas.

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In Manaus, the capital of Amazonas state, the first cases in the current outbreak were detected near recently deforested areas.

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“Our forest is no longer deforested: the animals are awake and we’re more awake,” he said.

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But they were helpless against years-long droughts and also are believed to have deforested vast tracts for agriculture.

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