overgraze in English

verb
1
graze (grassland) so heavily that the vegetation is damaged and the ground becomes liable to erosion.
their own pastures were overgrazed and arid

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1. A herd of 29 cattle were subsequently free to overgraze the floodplain areas, despite appeals to the metro police, the municipality and the cow herder.