overfish
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Meaning
- verb To fish (an area or a species) excessively, often substantially reducing over several years the supply of one or more species of fish in an area.
Similar words
fishing depletion overgrazing overuse overexploitation excessive over-fishing outfish underfish fish out
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Word family
overfished overfishes overfishing
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