Usually means: Removing trees to clear land.
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  1. deforesting: Merriam-Webster
  2. deforesting: Collins English Dictionary
  3. deforesting: Vocabulary.com
  4. deforesting: Wordnik
  5. deforesting: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. deforesting: Wiktionary
  7. deforesting: Dictionary.com
  8. deforesting: TheFreeDictionary.com

(Note: See deforest as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (deForest)

verb:  (transitive) To clear (an area) of forest.
verb:  (transitive, law, archaic) To disafforest (remove legal status as forest).
noun:  A surname from French, equivalent to English Forest or Woods, equivalent to the modern French surname Deforet.
noun:  A male given name transferred from the surname, equivalent to English Forest.
noun:  Alternative form of DeForest [A surname from French, equivalent to English Forest or Woods, equivalent to the modern French surname Deforet.]
noun:  Alternative form of DeForest [A surname from French, equivalent to English Forest or Woods, equivalent to the modern French surname Deforet.]
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