skövling

Swedish

Etymology

skövla +‎ -ing

Noun

skövling c

  1. (of trees) felling (on a large scale, causing environmental devastation)
  2. 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 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative skövling skövlingen skövlingar skövlingarna
Genitive skövlings skövlingens skövlingars skövlingarnas

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