desertify

== English == === Etymology === From desert +‎ -ify. === Verb === desertify (third-person singular simple present desertifies, present participle desertifying, simple past and past participle desertified) (intransitive, of a geographical region) To become desert. (transitive) To cause (a geographical region) to become desert. ==== Related terms ==== desertification ==== Translations ====