Definition of "deforest" [de•for•est]

• To cut down and clear away the trees or forests from. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• ""They're just going to come in and totally deforest the area," said Barbara Brown, who has lived in her home for 12 years."
• "Yes | No | Report from naten wrote 5 weeks 6 days ago ok thanks. muskiemaster im down in the madison area and when i hunt down here i hunt over by deforest if you know where there is. there is a ton of corn standing still so i was hoping to get out and get a deer during this late season. how was your season muskiemaster?"
• ""This means the government can do what it wants on ancestral indigenous lands, even if tribes disagree with an extractive, transnational company going into our communities to deforest Mother Earth," said a statement from Aidesep, an umbrella group representing Amazon tribes."