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Disafforest

Part of speech: verb

Definition 1: To clear an area of forests or trees.

Example sentence: The company disafforested the land to make room for a new shopping mall.

Definition 2: To free or exempt an area from the status of being a forest.

Example sentence: The government decided to disafforest the area and allow housing development in the region.

Definition 3: To remove the legal status of a piece of land as being part of a forest.

Example sentence: The court ruled to disafforest the disputed land, granting ownership to the local community.

Definition 4: To cease being a forest; convert from forest to non-forest.

Example sentence: Due to deforestation and industrial activities, the area gradually disafforested over the years.

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