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desertification

Pronunciation: /dɪˌzɜː.tɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/

The English word “desertification” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. The process by which a geographic region becomes a desert, resulting from natural changes in climate or by human activity.

Etymology

From desert + -ification (“process of becoming”).

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