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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ˈslash-and-ˈburn, adj. - Agricultureof or relating to a method of agriculture in the tropics in which vegetation is cut down and burned, the land is cropped for a few years, then the forest is allowed to reinvade.
- unnecessarily destructive or extreme:the company's slash-and-burn tactics of laying off its workers.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024slash-and-burn (slash′ən bûrn′),USA pronunciation adj. - Agricultureof 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.
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