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disafforest

British  
/ ˌdɪsəˈfɒrɪst /

verb

  1. English law to reduce (land) from the status of a forest to the state of ordinary ground

  2. to remove forests from (land)

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Disafforest, dis-af-for′est, v.t. to deprive of the privilege of forest laws: to bring into the condition of common land.—ns.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

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