DESERTIFICATION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The gradual transformation of habitable land into desert; is usually caused by climate change or by destructive use of the land

Example:

the dust storms in Korea are the result of rapid desertification in China

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("desertification" is a kind of...):

geologic process; geological process ((geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified)

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