overhunt

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English

Etymology

From over- +‎ hunt.

Verb

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

  1. (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.