overwhaling
Too much whaling, causing steep declines in whale populationsToo much whaling, causing steep declines in whale populations.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)Too much whaling, causing steep declines in whale populations.
Rampant overwhaling led to a widely agreed moratorium on commercial whaling in 1986.
Origin
From over- + whaling.From over- + whaling.
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