disafforest

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

disafforest
    v 1: remove the trees from; "The landscape was deforested by the
         enemy attacks" [syn: {deforest}, {disforest},
         {disafforest}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Disafforest \Dis`af*for"est\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   {Disafforested}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disafforesting}.] [Pref.
   dis- + afforest: cf. OF. desaforester.] (Eng. Law)
   To reduce from the privileges of a forest to the state of
   common ground; to exempt from forest laws.
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         By charter 9 Henry III. many forests were
         disafforested.                           --Blackstone.
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