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desertification

noun
/dɪˌzɜː.tɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/UK/dɪˌzɝ.tɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/US

Etymology

From desert + -ification (“process of becoming”).

  1. derived from dēsertum
  2. derived from desert
  3. inherited from desert — “wilderness”
  4. suffixed as desertification — “desert + ification”

Definitions

  1. The process by which a geographic region becomes a desert, resulting from natural changes…

    The process by which a geographic region becomes a desert, resulting from natural changes in climate or by human activity.

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