blade
v.— «That would soon bring extensive “blading”—clearing for development—to this spot outside Tucson populated by baby saguaros, lurching barrels and spiny clumps of hedgehogs.» —“Helping Save Prickly Victims of Development” by Patricia Leigh Brown in Catalina, Ariz. N.Y. TImes Apr. 14, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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