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Meaning of dewild | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1

Definitions

Synonym of unwild (“to make something not wild”).

Examples

“The current trend is for rewilding upland habitats to make ⟳ them more nature-rich but 44% of the Cairngorms national park ⟳ is dewilded because of a rich man's hobby.”

“He calls them "the Anthropocene's battering ram", and decries how they have ⟳ "dewilded the world". They are "the new cigarettes or, rather, fur coats".”

CEFR level

B1

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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See also

dewilded dewilding dewilds dewing dewinging dewings

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