Etymology
From deforest + -ation, deforest from the prefix de- + forest. First attested in 1870.
Noun
deforestation (countable and uncountable, plural deforestations)
- The process of destroying a forest and replacing it with something else, especially with an agricultural system.
- (computing theory) A transformation to eliminate intermediate data structures within a program.
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