Definitions for slash-and-burn

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slash′-and-burn′(adj.)

of or noting a method of agriculture in the tropics in which vegetation is felled and burned, the land is cultivated for a few years, then abandoned to the forest.
Category: Agriculture
unnecessarily destructive or extreme.
Category: Common Vocabulary

Origin of slash-and-burn:

1935–40

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