Overharvest

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An excessive harvest.
Verb
  1. 1
    To harvest too much, especially at an unsustainably high level.

    "The fish in this area have been overharvested for years."

Example

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"Disease, poor water quality and decades of overharvest have drastically reduced the bay's natural oyster population."

Etymology

From over- + harvest.

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