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slash-and-burn
[ slash-uhn-burn ]
adjective
- of a method of agriculture used in the tropics, in which forest vegetation is felled and burned, the land is cropped for a few years, then the forest is allowed to reinvade.
slash-and-burn
adjective
- denoting a short-term method of cultivation in which land is cleared by destroying and burning trees and other vegetation for temporary agricultural use
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Word History and Origins
Origin of slash-and-burn1
First recorded in 1935–40
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Example Sentences
A circus actor dressed as Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff spat fire to dramatize slash-and-burn agriculture.
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