skövla

Verb

 * 1)   to fell (on a large scale (causing environmental devastation))
 * 2) to devastate, to lay waste to
 * 1) to devastate, to lay waste to

Usage notes

 * Usually of forestry practices with connotations similar to . Inherently negative in.
 * Originally to plunder (or legally seize) and lay bare, which appears to have shifted to general vague devastation. Feels natural to put together with plundra outside of the tree sense. Some native speakers might still see plundering as inherent in the word.