treemageddon

treemageddon

English

Alternative forms

• Treemageddon

Etymology

tree +‎ -mageddon

Noun

treemageddon (plural treemageddons)

1. (informal) The mass death or destruction of trees; a disaster caused by or involving trees.
   • 2010, David Pogue, "A Tech-Filled Life, Without Power", The New York Times, 18 March 2010:

     As a result of Treemageddon, the power lines all over the tri-state area are a tangled mess.

   • 2013, Clive Potter, "Saving Britain’s Trees: Countering the growing threat from invasive pests and diseases", ECOS, Volume 34, Issue 2 (2013), page 25:

     Amidst talk of an impending ‘treemageddon’, it began to dawn that Chalara could be an environmental disaster with just as great an impact.

   • 2016, Lynda V. Mapes, "From mountain forests to city parks, trees are stressed and dying", The Seattle Times, 6 August 2016:

     Implicated in the unfolding treemageddon is the drought of 2015.

   • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:treemageddon.