disafforest
(vt.)砍伐森林
Dis·af·for·est v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disafforested; p. pr. & vb. n. Disafforesting.] Eng. Law To reduce from the privileges of a forest to the state of common ground; to exempt from forest laws.
By charter 9 Henry III. many forests were disafforested. --Blackstone.
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disafforest
v : remove the trees from; "The landscape was deforested by the
enemy attacks" [syn: deforest, disforest]