slash and burn

slash and burn

See also: slash-and-burn

English

Alternative forms

• slash-and-burn

Adjective

slash and burn (not comparable)

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

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

Translations

rough

Finnish: suoraviivainen (fi)

Noun

slash and burn (uncountable)

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

Translations

technique

Arabic: القطع والحرق‎ Breton: gounidigezh war zevadur f Chinese: Mandarin: 焚林开垦, 刀耕火種／刀耕火种 (zh) (dāogēnghuǒzhòng) Czech: žďáření n Danish: svedjebrug n Dutch: brandlandbouw m, hakken en branden n Estonian: ale (et), alepõllundus Finnish: kaskiviljely (fi), kaskeaminen (fi) French: brûlis (fr) m, culture sur brûlis f Galician: roza f, estivada f, queima f German: Brandrodung (de) f, Schwenden n Italian: debbio (it) m, addebbiatura f Japanese: 焼畑農業 Korean: 화전농업 (hwajeonnong'eop) Lithuanian: lydiminė žemdirbystė Norwegian: Nynorsk: bråtebruk Polish: gospodarka żarowa f, system ogniowy m inan Portuguese: coivara (pt) f Russian: подсе́чно-огнево́е земледе́лие n (podséčno-ognevóje zemledélije) Serbo-Croatian: posijeci i spali Spanish: roza y quema f, artigaje m Swedish: svedjebruk (sv) n Welsh: torri a llosgi

See also

• burn-beat
• crash and burn

Verb

slash and burn (third-person singular simple present slashes and burns, present participle slashing and burning, simple past and past participle slashed and burned or slashed and burnt)

1. To apply the slash and burn technique.

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

Translations

to apply the technique

Finnish: kasketa (fi) Galician: cachar, rozar