Overlogging

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Excessive logging. uncountable

    "In 1908, a species of Chilean sandalwood vanished from overlogging, and its creamy wood scent vanished with it."

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"Ecologists say the environmental damage is alarming. Overlogging and failure to replant cause widespread soil erosion and loss of wildlife habitat."

Etymology

From over- + logging.

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