dewild

English[edit]

From de- +‎ wild.

dewild (third-person singular simple present dewilds, present participle dewilding, simple past and past participle dewilded)

(rare) Synonym of unwild (“to make something not wild”)
- 2021 August 5, Patrick Barkham, quoting Mark Avery, “Britain’s national parks dominated by driven grouse moors, says study”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian‎^[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-06-16:
  The current trend is for rewilding upland habitats to make them more nature-rich but 44% of the Cairngorms national park is dewilded because of a rich man's hobby.
- 2022 March 20, James McConnachie, quoting Bryan Appleyard, “The Car by Bryan Appleyard review — the rise and fall of the motor car”, in The Times‎^[2], London: News UK, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 March 2022:
  He calls them "the Anthropocene's battering ram", and decries how they have "dewilded the world". They are "the new cigarettes or, rather, fur coats".