deforest
verb (used with object)
to divest or clear of forests or trees.
deforest
American
[dee-fawr-ist, -for-]
/ diˈfɔr ɪst, -ˈfɒr- /
verb (used with object)
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deforests,
present (3rd person singular)
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deforested,
past participle, past
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deforesting
present participle
deforest
British
/ diːˈfɒrɪst /
verb
DeForest
Scientific
/ dĭ-fôr′ĭst /
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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deforestsimple
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deforestssimple
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have deforestedperfect
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has deforestedperfect
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am deforestingprogressive
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are deforestingprogressive
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is deforestingprogressive
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have been deforestingperfect progressive
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has been deforestingperfect progressive
Past
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deforestedsimple
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had deforestedperfect
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was deforestingprogressive
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were deforestingprogressive
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had been deforestingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of deforest
Example Sentences
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Balboni and Olken write: "The conservationist lobby must pay the government in perpetuity … while the deforestation-oriented lobby need pay only once to deforest in the present."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2023
"Landowners circling in planes, soya farmers wanting to buy the land to deforest it."
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2023
“They didn’t deforest the countryside because they wanted to, but because of poverty,” he says.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 2, 2021
For example, cutting down large swaths of forests just for energy production is not a sustainable option because our energy demands are so great that we would quickly deforest the world, destroying critical habitat.
From Textbooks ● Sep. 6, 2018
If we deforest these steep slopes, water is going to injure them much more than it would the gentler slopes of the lower lands, if they had been deforested.
From Conservation Reader by Fairbanks, Harold W. (Harold Wellman)
“With a name like Humphrey DeForest Bogart, you’ve got to be tough,” intones Bogie in director Kathryn Ferguson’s insightful and entertaining documentary, “Bogart: Life Comes in Flashes,” now in theaters.
From Salon ● Nov. 23, 2024
"In the past 10 years, there's been a shift in the world of cell biology," said co-senior author Cole DeForest, a UW associate professor of chemical engineering and of bioengineering.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 30, 2024
DeForest, who took over as host of the Sunday show at the Knitting Factory years ago, was beloved by comics for his generosity, infectious spirit, easy smile and love of the craft of stand-up.
From New York Times ● Dec. 20, 2023
Indianapolis front seven is stingy, and DeForest Buckner is one of the NFL’s best-kept secrets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2023
Send for this Free Book Learn How to BOX $2.98 brings you the famous boxing course by mail of Jimmy DeForest, World's Greatest Trainer, the system that trained Dempsey and great champions.
From Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 by Bates, Harry
It aims to buy previously deforested land and cover them with trees to suck up greenhouse gases and profit from carbon credits and timber.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
It followed a campaign by the environmental pressure group Greenpeace that exposed how soya grown on deforested land was being used in animal feed, including for chicken sold by McDonald's.
From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2025
In Manaus, the capital of Amazonas state, the first cases in the current outbreak were detected near recently deforested areas.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 4, 2024
The researchers found that over 80% of the land deforested for EU production is used to grow soya, palm oil, cocoa, and coffee.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 18, 2024
Broad valleys were completely deforested and dotted with villages, and drained and fenced fields for intensive food production covered entire valley floors.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
And yet, it can be hard to identify who is doing the deforesting.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2023
“By deforesting the Amazon, we are accelerating climate change,” Gatti told The Associated Press.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 6, 2023
The report estimates that 600,000 tonnes of CO2 was emitted by deforesting these areas, the equivalent of 1.2 million flights from London to New York.
From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2022
“It’s a moment where these people that are deforesting the Amazon, in the middle of nowhere, they are just waiting to see what is going to happen,” Alencar said.
From Reuters ● Aug. 13, 2021
Man consumes the treasures of the earth faster than he produces them, deforesting its surface and disembowelling its hidden wealth.
From The Constitution of the United States A Brief Study of the Genesis, Formulation and Political Philosophy of the Constitution by Beck, James M. (James Montgomery)
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