OVERHUNT

Etymology

Verb

overhunt (third-person singular simple present overhunts, present participle overhunting, simple past and past participle overhunted)

(transitive) To hunt (an animal, a piece of land, etc.) too much.

Steller's sea cow was overhunted and became extinct in the 18th century.

Source: Wiktionary



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