desmatamento

== Portuguese == === Etymology === From desmatar + -mento. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: des‧ma‧ta‧men‧to === Noun === desmatamento m (plural desmatamentos) deforestation (thinning or cleaning of bush on land, area, etc.) deforestation (cutting or destroying a large number of trees in a forest) Synonym: desflorestamento ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “desmatamento”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “desmatamento”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “desmatamento”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026