overhunt

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.