deforest

verb (used with object)

1. to divest or clear of forests or trees: Poor planning deforested the area in ten years.

verb

1. (tr) to clear of treesAlso: disforest

v.

1880 in modern sense, from de- + forest. Related: Deforested; deforesting. Disforest in the sense “to clear of trees” is from 1660s. Disafforest is attested in this sense from 1842; originally it meant “reduce from the legal status of a forest” (1590s).

1. American electrical engineer and inventor who is known as “the father of radio.” He patented more than 300 inventions, including the triode electron tube, which made it possible to amplify and detect radio waves.