| VERB | consumption | overexploit | exploit excessively |
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| Meaning | exploit excessively. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "We should not overexploit our natural resources" | |
| Broader | exploit, tap | Draw from |
| Spanish | sobreexplotar | |
| Nouns | overexploitation | exploitation to the point of diminishing returns |
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