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desertify

verb

Etymology

From desert + -ify.

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

Definitions

  1. To become desert.

  2. To cause (a geographical region) to become desert.

    • Part of the genius of Andalusi filahah was its water management, still light years ahead of industrialised modern agriculture, which decimates forests for high-output farms that dry up streams and springs and desertifies fertile terrain.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA