Usually means: Clearing land by cutting, burning.
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We found 12 dictionaries that define the word slash-and-burn:

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  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: Collins English Dictionary
  5. slash-and-burn: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. 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: Dictionary.com
  10. Slash-and-burn: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. slash-and-burn: TheFreeDictionary.com

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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Alternative spelling of slash and burn [Rough, coarse and lacking finesse, performed with little skill.]
noun:  Alternative spelling of slash and burn [A technique in agriculture where plant matter is roughly cut down and then burned over to prepare fields for the next crop.]

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