destroy vegetation

Frequency: 6.07.0 per million words

To damage plants so badly that they die.

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Examples (10)

  • Forest fires often destroy vast areas of vegetation.
  • The severe drought threatened to destroy all the local vegetation.
  • Construction work will inevitably destroy some natural vegetation.
  • Pesticides can destroy beneficial vegetation along with weeds.
  • Heavy grazing by livestock can destroy delicate vegetation.
  • The acid rain began to destroy the forest vegetation.
  • Uncontrolled development could destroy the unique coastal vegetation.
  • They used heavy machinery to destroy the overgrown vegetation on the plot.
  • A volcanic eruption can completely destroy all vegetation in its path.
  • Climate change is predicted to destroy certain types of vegetation globally.