Deforestation
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
The act of cutting down and clearing away the forests of a region or a tract of land.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
The process of
destroying
a
forest
and
replacing
it with something else, especially by an
agricultural
system.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun.
the state of being clear of trees
noun.
the removal of trees
Word Usage
"All things considered, the most significant current driver of deforestation is the expansion of beef industry."
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
Baring
denudation
environmental condition
husking
stripping
Rhyme
Words with the same terminal sound
Alsatian
Americanization
Appalachian
Balkanization
Christianization
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
Anglicanism
Diaspora
clampdown
cosmicbackground
debridement