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DEFOREST
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they deforest ... he / she / it deforests
Past simple: deforested
Past participle: deforested
-ing form: deforesting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Remove the trees from
Example:
The landscape was deforested by the enemy attacks
Synonyms:
deforest; disafforest; disforest
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "deforest" is one way to...):
clear (remove)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
deforestation (the removal of trees)
deforestation (the state of being clear of trees)
