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de·sert·i·fi·ca·tion    Audio Help   [di-zur-tuh-fi-key-shuhn] Pronunciation Key
–noun Ecology.
1.the processes by which an area becomes a desert.
2.the rapid depletion of plant life and the loss of topsoil at desert boundaries and in semiarid regions, usually caused by a combination of drought and the overexploitation of grasses and other vegetation by people.
Also, des·ert·i·za·tion    Audio Help   [dez-er-tuh-zey-shuhn] Pronunciation Key.
Compare aridification.

[Origin: 1970–75; desert1 + -i- + -fication]
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de·sert·i·fi·ca·tion    Audio Help   (dĭ-zûr'tə-fĭ-kā'shən)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   The transformation of arable or habitable land to desert, as by a change in climate or destructive land use.

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desertification

noun
the gradual transformation of habitable land into desert; is usually caused by climate change or by destructive use of the land; "the dust storms in Korea are the result of rapid desertification in China" 

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