skövling

Swedish

Etymology

skövla +‎ -ing

Noun

skövling c

  2. (of trees) felling (on a large scale, causing environmental devastation)
  3. devastation, laying waste to

Usage notes

Usually of forestry practices with connotations similar to mow down. Inherently negative in (sense 1).

Declension

Declension of skövling
nominative genitive
singular indefinite skövling skövlings
definite skövlingen skövlingens
plural indefinite skövlingar skövlingars
definite skövlingarna skövlingarnas

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