The clearing or removal of woodland or forest; deforestation.
From Latin 'dis-' (meaning to remove) combined with 'boscus' (meaning woodland or bush). The '-ation' suffix creates a noun describing the action or process.
This incredibly rare word from the 17th-18th centuries describes exactly what we now call deforestation, but with a much more learned, technical sound.
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