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deforestation

di:.fɒ:ri'steiʃәn5 senses · 484 ms
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noun/dɪˌfɒɹɪsˈteɪʃən//ˌdiːfɒɹɪsˈteɪʃən/
  1. 1

    The process of destroying a forest and replacing it with something else, especially with an agricultural system.countableuncountable

    • 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
    • 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 gruelin
  2. 2

    A transformation to eliminate intermediate data structures within a program.countableuncountable

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