deforest

verb

Definition of deforestnext
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deforest
  1. skin
  2. hull
  3. bark
  4. bare
  5. denude
  6. shell
  7. strip
  8. scale
Verb
  • If hunting or skinning animals, use gloves, and cook game meat thoroughly before eating.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
  • If hunting, trapping or skinning animals, use gloves when handling animals and cook game meat thoroughly before eating, according to the CDC.
    — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of skin
Verb
  • Pumpkin seeds can be consumed hulled or unhulled, but sunflower seeds should only be consumed when hulled.
    — Brittany Lubeck, Verywell Health, 10 July 2026
  • Recipe information If using ¾ cup hulled barley, rinse in a mesh sieve under running water.
    — Rebecca Firkser, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 Apr. 2026
Definition of hull
Verb
  • The greatest shooter ever stood on the hardwood where Patel would soon blow his whistle and bark out plays.
    — Marcus Thompson II, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Her dog barked, and Vera went to say hello, scratching the mutt between the ears.
    — Eric Boodman, STAT, 31 July 2026
Definition of bark
Verb
  • His feelings for these boys are described with a soul-baring softness, especially striking for its divergence from Ellis’s usual ruthless unsentimentality.
    — Leo Lasdun, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2026
  • The Becoming author bared her décolletage in a white off-the-shoulder dress with a gauzy sheer skirt, accessorizing with a pair of slingback pumps.
    — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of bare
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • Take a cue from Elizabeth Taylor with a coral mini dress, straw bag, shell pendant necklace, and oversized sunglasses for instant vacation glamour.
    — Andrea Zendejas, Vogue, 30 July 2026
  • Raw eggs carry a risk of Salmonella, but this strain is not related to the Salmonella outbreak linked to shell eggs in the Midwest.
    — Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 July 2026
Definition of shell
Verb
  • Prosecutors allege Williams and several other suspects held a victim against his will, pistol whipped him and stripped him of his belongings, Boyd said.
    — Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Best cleanser under $35 This affordable cleanser removes makeup, sunscreen and daily grime without stripping your skin.
    — Casey DelBasso, ABC News, 31 July 2026
Definition of strip
Verb
  • In the not-so-distant future, Musk mused, robots will be used to scale manufacturing on the moon.
    — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Because the Blackbird is a brand-new concept and design project, physical customer production and track testing will not scale up until the Venom F5 program concludes around 2028.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of scale

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“Deforest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deforest. Accessed 8 Aug. 2026.

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