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disafforest

di·saf·fo·rest

uncommon uk

verb

1.

remove the trees from

  • “The landscape was deforested by the enemy attacks”
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Origin

From Middle English disafforeten, from Anglo-Norman disaforester and its probable etymon Latin disafforestō. By surface analysis, dis- + afforest.

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