Desertify
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Desertify is a verb meaning (intransitive, of a geographical region) To become desert.
Meaning
(intransitive, of a geographical region) To become desert.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To cause (a geographical region) to become desert.
Example Sentences
Part of the genius of Andalusi filahah was its water management, still light years ahead of industrialised modern agriculture, which decimates forests for high-output farms that dry up streams and springs and desertifies fertile terrain.
Word Forms
- desertifies
- desertifying
- desertified
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include aridify, desiccate, devegetate, deruralize, deterritorialize, dewesternize.
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