overpumpv.
/ˌəʊvəˈpʌmp/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈpəmp/ transitive. To pump liquid to or from (something) to an excessive degree, esp. so as to deplete liquid levels; to pump too much of (a liquid).
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c1871 G. Weissenborn Amer. Locomotive Engin. & Railway Mechanism 223 Care must be taken not to over-pump the boiler, as well as not to let the water get down.
1950 S. Paige Applic. Geol. Engin. Pract. 316 Such wells are easily ruined by inflow of salt water if they are sunk too deeply or are overpumped.
1982 Econ. Geogr. 58 108/1 Such policy is a license to overpump groundwater.
1992 Tucson (Arizona) Weekly 27 May 7/2 Long thin cracks..have been created by subsidence, where the ground settles as the underground aquifer is overpumped.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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