exploitation
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4.3
- noun
- /ˌɛksplɔɪˈteɪʃən/
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explotación
- The government is focusing on the sustainable exploitation of renewable energy sources.
- resource exploitation
- mineral exploitation
- commercial exploitation
So it's a constant balance between what biologists would call exploitation and exploration.
- So it's a constant balance between what biologists would call exploitation and exploration.
- And that I think is a valid question because there's a lot of talk about human bases on the moon, commercial exploitation of the moon.
- So saying that this is not about the exploitation of resources, as almost all imperial ventures are, would be wrong.
- And the longer the period of exploitation you anticipate, the more exploration you should do in new directions.
- Similarly, the exploitation of nature has led to our ransacking the natural world that with fracking and climate breakdown and deforestation.
Examples
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Similarly, the exploitation of nature has led to our ransacking the natural world that with fracking and climate breakdown and deforestation.
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There are still huge areas of the country where regulation has made the exploitation of known major oil fields impossible.
Academic text (2011) -
Let us apply this analysis of exploitation to some environmental health studies.
Academic text (2008) -
Compared with what was left behind in Europe after centuries of resource exploitation, perhaps yes.
Academic text (1992) -
When Europeans came, much of what they were interested in was rapid resource exploitation.
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Should a world organization encourage or discourage the exploitation of ocean resources?
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Farmers consider the advantages offered by mountain areas: exploitation of free or cheap summer pastures and collection of substantial subsidies.
Academic text (2011) -
Since 1975, when population size and landings have improved significantly, the population exploitation rate has averaged 35%.
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Commercial fisheries exploitation is therefore recognized as a primary threat to aquatic biodiversity (Agardy 2000).
Academic text (2011) -
The rapid exploitation of land for agriculture has transformed the rural economy.
Synonyms
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2.9
The process of making land ready for building or farming
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3.8
Preparing land and using it to grow crops, often on a large scale
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3.3
Preparing land so people can build on it or use it for farming
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Etymology
Exploitation comes from the root exploit, which originally meant 'to make use of' in old French and Latin. So using land or natural resources to get profit or to make them more useful is called exploitation.