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OVER-EXPLOIT definition | Cambridge English Dictionary
Meaning of over-exploit in English to use too much of something, especially a natural resource (= minerals, forests, coal, etc.) : The people of the wetland area had a sophisticated understanding of the need not to over-exploit its resources. If we continue to overexploit bluefin tuna, stocks will soon be gone. dictionary.cambridge.org
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OVEREXPLOIT Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
transitive verb : to exploit (something, such as a natural resource) to an excessive degree More than half of the fish stocks in the region are being ... www.merriam-webster.com
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Overexploitation - Wikipedia
Overexploitation, also called overharvesting or ecological overshoot, refers to harvesting a renewable resource to the point of diminishing returns. en.wikipedia.org
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over-exploit
over-exˈploit, v. [over- 27.] trans. To exploit excessively. So ˌover-exploiˈtation; over-exˈploited ppl. a.1922 W. Schlich Man. Forestry (ed. 4) I. 273 The more accessible areas of the merchantable forests have been considerably over-exploited in the past. 1952 G. Sarton Hist. Sci. I. xi. 296 The m... Oxford English Dictionary
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OVEREXPLOIT definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
To use (natural resources etc) excessively.... Click for pronunciations, examples sentences, video. www.collinsdictionary.com
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over-exploit, v. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English ...
The earliest known use of the verb over-exploit is in the 1890s. OED's earliest evidence for over-exploit is from 1899, in Science. over ... www.oed.com
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Thomas McKay (fur trader)
George Simpson, head of the HBC, had decided to try to over-exploit the Snake Country and create a "fur desert", for the political purpose of keeping American wikipedia.org
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Overexploit - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com
exploit excessively. www.vocabulary.com
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overexploit - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
overexploit (third-person singular simple present overexploits, present participle overexploiting, simple past and past participle overexploited). en.wiktionary.org
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Overexploit - The Free Dictionary
1. overexploit - exploit excessively; "We should not overexploit our natural resources". exploit, tap - draw from; make good use of; "we must exploit the ... www.thefreedictionary.com
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OVER-EXPLOITATION definition | Cambridge English Dictionary
the act of using too much of something, especially a natural resource (= minerals, forests, coal, etc. that exist in a place and can be used by people) dictionary.cambridge.org
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Overexploitation - National Wildlife Federation
Overexploitation—the overuse of wild animal and plant species by people—is threatening wildlife in the United States. Learn more about the wildlife at risk. www.nwf.org
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Crackerjack (2002 film)
, a film that unlike its Aussie cousins The Dish, Welcome To Woop Woop, The Castle, Siam Sunset etc. etc.... it doesn't patronise its characters, nor over-exploit wikipedia.org
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tobacco
tobacco (təˈbækəʊ, təʊ-) Forms: α. 6–8 tabaco, tabacco, (6–7 tabacca), 7 tabaccho. β. 6–7 tobaccho, 6–8 tobaco, tobacca, (6 tobacko, tobackco, 7 tobako, tobaccha, tobbacco, towbaco, tobaccow, 8 erron. tobago), 6– tobacco. γ. 7 tabac, toback, 7–9 tobac. [Altered from Sp. tabaco, according to Oviedo, ... Oxford English Dictionary
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Social trap
1953, 1957; Keller and Schoenfeld, 1950), Platt recognized that individuals operating for short-term positive gain ("reinforcement") had a tendency to over-exploit wikipedia.org
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