Vast areas of rainforest are cut in one go (clear felling) and the most valuable trees are selected for timber, leaving the others for wood chipping. The roads that are created in order to cut and remove the timber often lead to further damage: see the effect of forest roads under Oil Companies.
adv. completely. 1  absolutely. 2  actually. 3  all. 4  all in all. 5  all told. 6  altogether. 7  considerably. 8  entirely. 9  fully. 10  in all respects. 11  in fact. 12  in reality. 13  in toto. 14  in truth. 15  just. 16  largely. 17  perfectly. 18  positively. 19  precisely. 20  purely. 21  really. 22  thoroughly. 23  totally. 24  truly. 25  utterly. 26  well. 27  wholly. 28  without reservation.
to be about to happen he could tell that trouble was looming when the bullies swaggered into the park Synonyms brew, impend Related Words advance, approach, close in, draw on, gather, near; hang, hover, lower (also lour), menace, overhang, threaten Near Antonyms abate, decline, de-escalate, die down, diminish, disappear, dwindle, ebb, fade, fall, ...