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Verb: disafforest  ,dis-u'for-ust [N. Amer], ,dis-u'fó-rist [Brit]
Usage: rare
  1. Clear or remove trees from (an area of land)
    "The landscape was disafforested by the enemy attacks";
    - deforest, disforest

Derived forms: disafforesting, disafforested, disafforests

Type of: clear