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overgraze
[ oh-ver-greyz, oh-ver-greyz ]
overgraze
/ ˌəʊvəˈɡreɪz /
verb
- tr to graze (land) beyond its capacity to sustain stock
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Word History and Origins
Origin of overgraze1
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Example Sentences
Too many deer can overgraze certain plants, reducing the biodiversity of forested areas — and the other animals that depend on now-missing plants.
When overabundant, urchins can overgraze kelp forests, leaving behind “barrens.”
The settlers also built roads, cut trees, mined streams, overgrazed livestock and created flood-control and irrigation structures, all of which changed the plumbing of watersheds like Birch Creek’s.
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