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.
Synonyms: lift, raise, elevate, hoist, heave, boost. These verbs mean to move something from a lower to a higher level or position. Lift sometimes stresses the expenditure of effort: a trunk too heavy to lift. Raise often implies movement to an approximately vertical position: raised my hand so I could ask a question.