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disafforestations

disafforestations is the plural of disafforestation.

Meaning of disafforestation

Noun

disafforestation (countable and uncountable, plural disafforestations)

  1. (historical) The change in the legal status of an area from forest to that of normal land, entailing the loss of forest laws.
    • Disafforestation and enclosure could thus be regarded as a national duty, a kindness in disguise to the idle poor, as well as of more immediate benefit to the rich encloser.1972, Christopher Hill, The World Turned Upside Down, Folio Society, published 2016, page 37
  2. (archaic) Deforestation.

Questions about disafforestations

What is disafforestations the plural of?
Disafforestations is the plural of disafforestation.

Words near disafforestations in the dictionary

  1. disaffirmed
  2. disaffirming
  3. disaffirms
  4. disafforest
  5. disafforestation
  6. disafforestations
  7. disafforested
  8. disafforesting
  9. disafforestment
  10. disafforestments
  11. disafforests

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