EGAVE

overexploit

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Meaning

  1. verb To exploit excessively.
    The president lamented that his nation's fisheries are woefully overexploited, not least because of foreign fishing fleets with no regard for sustainability.

Similar words

depleted excessive overfished overutilize superexploit overemploy overabuse overutilise overmilk overuse

Often followed by

the their natural and resources a its

Word family

overexploitation overexploitations overexploited overexploiting overexploits

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