reforest
verb (used with object)
to replant trees on (land denuded by cutting or fire).
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that will be taking place in the future.
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Their main work will be reforesting the nation, starting with some 1.3 million acres of South Carolina that were torn apart by Hurricane Hugo.
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