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   Slash-and-burn

   /ˌslaSH ˌən ˈbərn/

   

   adjective

   • 1. relating to or denoting a method of agriculture in which existing vegetation is cut down and burned off before new seeds are sown, typically used as a method for clearing forest land for farming: "in slash-and-burn farming the ashes are used for growing crops"
   • ▪ aggressive and merciless: "her slash-and-burn campaigning style"

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