disforest

transitive verb

dis·​forest

dəs,

(ˈ)dis+

1

: disafforest

2

: deforest

disforestation

dəs

(¦)dis+

noun

Word History

Etymology

in sense 1, modification (influenced by Middle English forest) of Medieval Latin disafforestare; in sense 2, from dis- entry 1 + forest (noun)

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