DISFOREST

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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 "disforest" is one way to...):

clear (remove)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

disforestation (the removal of trees)