overhunt
verb
over·hunt
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overhunted;
overhunting
Definition of overhunt
1
: to hunt (animals) to an excessive and usually harmful degree
overhunted the local deer population
2
: to hunt (an area) excessively to the point that the kinds of animals hunted become scarce
overhunting certain regions of the country
Other Words from overhunt
overhunting
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noun
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noun
Overhunting ranks as a major problem for a third of the mammals and birds threatened with extinction …
— Susan Milius
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