clear-cut

(verb) remove all the trees at one time. Example: "Clear-cut an acre of forest."

(adj) clearly or sharply defined to the mind. Synonyms: distinct, trenchant. Examples: "Clear-cut evidence of tampering." "Claudius was the first to invade britain with distinct...intentions of conquest." "Trenchant distinctions between right and wrong."

(adj) having had all the trees removed at one time. Example: "Clear-cut hillsides are subject to erosion."

(adj) clear and distinct to the senses; easily perceptible. Synonyms: clear, clean-cut. Examples: "As clear as a whistle." "Clear footprints in the snow." "The letter brought back a clear image of his grandfather." "A spire clean-cut against the sky." "A clear-cut pattern."