overgrazing

Variant of overgraze

overgraze definition

over·graze (ō′vər grāz′)

transitive verb overgrazed -·grazed′, overgrazing -·graz′·ing

to allow livestock to graze to excess in (pasture, field, etc.) with results detrimental to the land

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