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1. eutrophication
noun. excessive nutrients in a lake or other body of water, usually caused by runoff of nutrients (animal waste, fertilizers, sewage) from the land, which causes a dense growth of plant life; the decomposition of the plants depletes the supply of oxygen, leading to the death of animal life.
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Sentences with eutrophication
1. Noun, singular or mass
Shellfish such as mollusks take in nutrients from the water, thereby preventing a condition called eutrophication, which can cause a huge increase in organisms in the water that leads to oxygen depletion and mass die-offs.
2. Verb, base form
Nutrient loading with phosphates from laundry and dishwasher detergents, as well as from suburban lawn chemicals, can lead to eutrophication, a process by which a freshwater aquatic ecosystem slowly dies due to continual oxygen depletion.
