Thesaurus results for DEFOREST

deforest

verb

Definition of deforest

as in to skin

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Recent Examples of deforest Bolivia has become one of the fastest deforesting countries on earth. — Jhanisse Vaca Daza, Time, 6 June 2026 Beef is especially impactful, in part because around the world cattle are often raised on land that was illegally deforested. — Dave Smith, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2025 This includes changing the designation of some land in the Amazon to savanna, significantly increasing the amount that can be legally deforested. — Sarah Sax, The Atlantic, 16 Apr. 2025 About that time, Dorrell was biking up Mont Ventoux in the French Alps, where the top of the mountain has been deforested and looks like a moonscape. — Hank Tucker, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025 The company has committed to having 100 percent of its leather sourced from land not converted from a natural ecosystem or deforested for the grazing of cows, which will apply to European leather by 2025 and global sourcing by 2030. — Rhonda Richford, WWD, 31 Oct. 2024

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Verb

One of the animals had been fully skinned while the other had been quartered.

— Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
Thanks to camelia, olive, rosehip, and turmeric, this formula improves collagen production, smooths wrinkles, reduces inflammation, speeds up healing, and firms skin.

— Tamim Alnuweiri, InStyle, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of skin

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With his head shaved and his chest usually bared, Yousuke Yukimatsu melds body and machine to choreograph intensely physical sonic marathons.

— Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2026
Wang wore a skin-baring black dress featuring a black bandeau top and a black skirt with a single strap that wrapped around her neck.

— Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of bare

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The tribe led efforts to restore Prairie Creek, which had been largely denuded and buried by the timber operation.

— Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 28 July 2026
Against this show, college dorm room posters of melting clocks feel utterly denuded, with regrets to the angsty teens pinning them up.

— Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of denude

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Additionally, six facilities were cited for health food violations including old rodent droppings on the floor near chicken packaging and shelled eggs stored improperly.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Pakistani Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said in a statement Thursday that the strikes were carried out after eight drones were launched from Afghanistan and Afghan forces shelled Pakistani border posts.

— MUNIR AHMED, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of shell

Verb

The House passed its own version over the summer as part of the Kids Internet and Digital Safety (KIDS) Act, which strips out the duty of care language.

— Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
With the sentence stripped down to subject, moment and outcome, teams can go looking in places that have nothing to do with their product.

— Duncan Wardle, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of strip

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Sustainable Fashion Forum founder Brittany Sierra will also address whether consumer demand can help scale next-generation materials.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2026
The fintech business is focused on scaling with the ambition of reaching unicorn status.

— Connie Etemadi, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026

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