DEFORESTATION

deforestation, disforestation

(noun) the removal of trees

deforestation

(noun) the state of being clear of trees

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

deforestation (countable and uncountable, plural deforestations)

The process of destroying a forest and replacing it with something else, especially with an agricultural system. [from 1874]

Antonyms: afforestation, reforestation

(comptheory) A transformation to eliminate intermediate data structures within a program.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

10 June 2025

COMMUNICATIONS

(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”


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Coffee Trivia

An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.

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