deforesting

verb

present participle of deforest
as in barking

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deforesting
  1. barking
  2. scaling
  3. stripping
  4. shelling
  5. skinning
  6. shucking
  7. exposing
  8. flaying
Verb
  • As the officers ask Marseille to put the dog away, bodycam video shows the second officer unholstering his gun and backing away from the barking dog.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
  • This could include sniffing around more than usual or barking and growling at odd places like piles of leaves.
    — Ashley Chalmers, The Spruce, 3 July 2026
Definition of barking
Verb
  • The real prize is not replacing human expertise but scaling it, especially as experienced operators retire.
    — Frank Carnevale, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
  • The company plans to eventually have tens of thousands of driverless taxis made per year, starting with the Ojai, then scaling using the IONIQ 5s.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
Definition of scaling
Verb
  • The internet casually scrambles basic ideas of personhood, reframing people as commodities and stripping us for parts.
    — Jia Tolentino, New Yorker, 11 July 2026
  • The Eye network served as lead broadcaster for the VMAs this year — stripping an already barren MTV of its flagship event.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 10 July 2026
Definition of stripping
Verb
  • In a new report, NPR's Anas Baba and Aya Batrawy document what daily life looks like for families trapped between expanding military zones, with shelling at night, gunfire by day and nowhere safe to go.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 10 July 2026
  • Despite a fragile ceasefire reached in October that paused the heaviest fighting between Israel and the Hamas militant group, Israel continues to carry out near daily strikes and shelling across the coastal enclave.
    — Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2026
Definition of shelling
Verb
  • In tight spaces where a straight driver can't complete a full rotation, that elbow geometry is the difference between finishing the job and abandoning it after hurting your wrist, skinning your knuckles, and questioning your life choices.
    — Omar Kardoudi March 05, New Atlas, 5 Mar. 2026
  • The sport, therefore, has a strong relationship with the military, with troops in such environments regularly skinning up mountains before skiing back down.
    — Ben Church, CNN Money, 18 Feb. 2026
Definition of skinning
Verb
  • Did the grocery store place the trash can near the corn because folks were shucking with wild abandon and leaving behind a big mess?
    — Josh Miller, Southern Living, 12 June 2026
  • These stories usually involve a woman shucking societal norms of being nice, pretty, and obedient.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 May 2026
Definition of shucking
Verb
  • Rather than exposing the consequences of a single program cut, health experts say the outbreak has revealed a public health system that has been under strain for years.
    — Lauren Morganbesser, semafor.com, 14 July 2026
  • Comcast’s Xfinity division disclosed a similar breach in 2023, exposing nearly 36 million account holders’ data.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 14 July 2026
Definition of exposing
Verb
  • The end came with England on 50-0, with Stokes flaying Foulkes to Mitchell at mid-on.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 June 2026
  • Dwight grabbed my arm, wrenching my hand out of my pocket, flaying it like a fish, pulling me along.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 May 2026
Definition of flaying
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“Deforesting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deforesting. Accessed 17 Jul. 2026.

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