Deforestation Meaning
/dɪˌfɒɹɪsˈteɪʃən/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe process of destroying a forest and replacing it with something else, especially with an agricultural system.
nounA transformation to eliminate intermediate data structures within a program.
Sentence Examples
A biodiversity sanctuary in Brazil called The Pantanal is threatened by deforestation.
Their habitat is threatened by deforestation.
Palm oil production is the leading cause of deforestation in Indonesia.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The rapid ____ of the Amazon rainforest threatens countless species with extinction.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
A biodiversity sanctuary in Brazil called The Pantanal is threatened by ____.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English forest English deforest Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English deforestation From deforest + -ation. First attested in 1870.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Buried within the Mediterranean littoral are some seventy to ninety million tons of slag from ancient smelting, about a third of it concentrated in Iberia. This ceaseless industrial fueling caused the deforestation of an estimated fifty to seventy million acres of woodlands."
— 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion:
"The world leaders gathered at a crucial climate summit secured new agreements on Tuesday to end deforestation and reduce emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane, building momentum as the conference prepared to shift to a more grueling two weeks of negotiations on how to avert the planet’s catastrophic warming."
— 2021 November 2, Jim Tankersley, Katie Rogers, Lisa Friedman, “With Methane and Forest Deals, Climate Summit Offers Hope After Gloomy Start”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The rapid ____ of the Amazon rainforest threatens countless species with extinction.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
A biodiversity sanctuary in Brazil called The Pantanal is threatened by ____.