1. to clear an area of forests or trees

Examples

• The company plans to deforest 500 acres for the new shopping center.
• Environmental groups oppose efforts to deforest the Amazon rainforest.
• Farmers often deforest land to create space for crops and livestock.
• The government passed laws to prevent companies from deforesting protected areas.
• Climate change accelerates when we continue to deforest large regions.
• Local communities depend on the forest and don’t want developers to deforest it.