clear cut

clair, net, sans ambiguïté

Facile à comprendre ou à trancher, sans doute sur ce qui est vrai ou juste.

En anglais simple : Easy to understand or decide, with no doubt about what is true or right.

• There is no clear-cut answer.
• The evidence made this a clear-cut case.
• The difference between the two groups was clear-cut.

Synonymes : clear, unambiguous, straightforward

Contraires : unclear, ambiguous

Expressions courantes : clear cut answer, clear cut distinction, clear cut case

entièrement déboisé

Se dit d’un terrain dont tous les arbres ont été abattus.

En anglais simple : Having had all the trees in an area cut down.

• The clear-cut hillside had no shade.
• Rain washed soil from the clear-cut land.
• They planted new trees in the clear-cut forest.

Synonymes : deforested

Expressions courantes : clear cut forest, clear cut land, clear cut hillside

déboiser entièrement

Couper tous les arbres ou toutes les plantes d’une zone.

En anglais simple : To cut down all the trees or plants in an area.

• They clear-cut the hillside last year.
• The company has clear-cut hundreds of acres.
• Will they clear-cut the whole forest?

Comment l'utiliser : clear cut something (The company plans to clear-cut this forest.)

Synonymes : clear, deforest

Expressions courantes : clear cut something, clear cut forests, clear cut land