Deforestation

/dɪˌfɒɹɪsˈteɪʃən/ · noun

Meaning

The process of destroying a forest and replacing it with something else, especially with an agricultural system..

Definitions by Sense

1. The process of destroying a forest and replacing it with something else, especially with an agricultural system.
2. (computing theory) A transformation to eliminate intermediate data structures within a program.

Example Sentences

Buried within the Mediterranean littoral are some seventy to ninety million tons of slag from ancient smelting, about a third of it concentrated in Iberia. This ceaseless industrial fueling caused the deforestation of an estimated fifty to seventy million acres of woodlands.

The world leaders gathered at a crucial climate summit secured new agreements on Tuesday to end deforestation and reduce emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane, building momentum as the conference prepared to shift to a more grueling two weeks of negotiations on how to avert the planet’s catastrophic warming.

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• deforestations

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