overexploit
verb
-ˈek-ˌsplȯit\
Definition of overexploit
: to exploit (something, such as a natural resource) to an excessive degree More than half of the fish stocks in the region are being overexploited. — Greenpeace.org … the future costs of overexploiting the aquifers …— Exequiel Ezcurra and Marisa Mazari-Hiriart
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noun
plural overexploitations
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