clear-cut
Beyond any doubt
Clear-cut means sharply defined, leaving no room for doubt or ambiguity: a clear-cut case of fraud, The evidence was clear-cut.
In forestry, clear-cut describes harvesting all trees in an area rather than selective logging: The hillside had been clear-cut.
As a verb, to clear-cut is to harvest timber this way.
The practice is controversial for its environmental impact.
Allowing single interpretation only
- unequivocalAllowing one meaning only
- unmistakableImpossible to misidentify
- categoricalUnconditional and explicit
- conclusiveEnding all debate
decisive · definitive · explicit · indubitable · irrefutable · unquestionable · straightforward · obvious
Savagely harsh or severe
- severeExtremely harsh or strict
- uncompromisingRefusing to yield ground
- mercilessShowing no clemency
- ruthlessLacking any compassion
drastic · stark · blunt · sharp · abrupt · cold · clinical · unsentimental
unambiguous
Allowing single interpretation only
- unequivocalAllowing one meaning only
- unmistakableImpossible to misidentify
- categoricalUnconditional and explicit
conclusive · decisive · definitive · explicit · indubitable · irrefutable · unquestionable · straightforward · obvious · evident
brutal
Savagely harsh or severe
- severeExtremely harsh or strict
- uncompromisingRefusing to yield ground
- mercilessShowing no clemency
ruthless · drastic · stark · blunt · sharp · abrupt · cold · clinical · unsentimental · matter-of-fact
deforestation
Large-scale woodland elimination
felling · clearing · harvest · lumberjack · sawmill · slash · forestry · woodland · replanting · erosion
- forestrysilviculture, forests, forestry, reforestation, timber
- loggingloggers, lumberjacks, chainsaws, chainsaw, felling
- lumber industrysawmill, logs, timber harvesting, logging, lumber yards
- lumberjackinglumberjack, logger, chainsaw, axe, felling
- overexploitationoverfishing, overfish, overhunting, overharvest, overgrazing
- Easy Thingseasy, simple, easy peasy, easy-peasy, easy as pie
clear-cutambiguous
Having multiple interpretations
vague · unclear · fuzzy · indistinct · indefinite
clear-cutcomplicated
Difficult to understand
complex · nuanced · ambivalent · convoluted · messy
clear-cutold-growth
Long-undisturbed forest
forested · unlogged · virgin forest · pristine · wooded