overgrazev.
/ˌəʊvəˈɡreɪz/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈɡreɪz/ transitive. To cause damage to (grassland, etc.) by excessive grazing. Also intransitive: to graze an area to excess.
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1901 Bot. Gaz. 32 287 Before the ranges were overgrazed, the grasses of the red prairies were largely blue stems.
1925 Econ. Geogr. 1 105/2 The likelihood of temptation to overgraze, at least near the end of the lease.
1971 N.Y. Times 14 Nov. 1/7 Nearly 1/2 of national forests' forage areas have been overgrazed or otherwise rendered substandard.
2000 Daily Record (Glasgow) (Electronic ed.) 14 Sept. The elephants..are endangered but overbreeding is a problem in parks and refuges where herds tend to overgraze, leaving others thin and sickly.
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