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.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English Â© 2017. esâ¢caâ¢late (esâ²kÉ lÄtâ²),USA pronunciation v.t., v.i., -latâ¢ed, -latâ¢ing. to increase in intensity, magnitude, etc.:to escalate a war; a time when prices escalate. to raise, lower, rise, or descend on or as if on an escalator.