Usually means: Clearing land by cutting, burning.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word slash and burn:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. slash-and-burn: Merriam-Webster
  2. slash-and-burn: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. slash-and-burn: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. slash-and-burn, slash-and-burn, slash and burn: Collins English Dictionary
  5. slash-and-burn: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. slash-and-burn, slash and burn: Wiktionary
  7. slash-and-burn: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. slash-and-burn: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. slash-and-burn, slash and burn: Dictionary.com
  10. Slash-and-burn, Slash and burn: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. slash-and-burn: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. slash and burn: Idioms

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
  2. slash and burn: Anthropological Terms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. slash and burn: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (slash and burn)

adjective:  Rough, coarse and lacking finesse, performed with little skill.
noun:  A technique in agriculture where plant matter is roughly cut down and then burned over to prepare fields for the next crop.
verb:  To apply the slash and burn technique.

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