How to pronounce “slash and burn”

Meaning

• [Adjective]
• Rough, coarse and lacking finesse, performed with little skill.
• [Noun]
• A technique in agriculture where plant matter is roughly cut down and then burned over to prepare fields for the next crop.
• [Verb]
• To apply the slash and burn technique.

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Similar Sounds

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