Added 10 October 2026
deforestation
/dɪˌfɒɹɪsˈteɪʃən/ noun
First recorded: 1870 Wiktionary
noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about deforestation at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- The process of destroying a forest and replacing it with something else, especially with an agricultural system.
- A transformation to eliminate intermediate data structures within a program.
Origin
From deforest + -ation. First attested in 1870.
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