Slash-and-burn Definition

slăshənd-bûrn

adjective

Of or having to do with a type of primitive forest agriculture in which fields are cleared by cutting down and burning vegetation.

Webster's New World

Characterized by indiscriminate or destructive recklessness.

Webster's New World

Alternative spelling of slash and burn.

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Rough, coarse and lacking finesse, performed with little skill.

His slash and burn approach to management resulted in few friends and many enemies.

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noun

A technique in agriculture where plant matter is roughly cut down and then burned over to prepare fields for the next crop.

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verb

To apply the slash and burn technique.

We'll slash and burn this week and plant next.

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