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The story
A new report has blamed mankind's overuse of natural resources for a 60% fall in the global wildlife population in less than 50 years. The conservation charity WWF said most classes of animals had suffered from unbridled consumption, which has triggered a mass extinction.
Key words and phrases
plummets
suddenly becomes much lower; declines
• The number of wild animals has plummeted over the last fifty years.
• The boys jumped off the rock and plummeted into the sea.
runaway
fast and uncontrolled
• Some people have blamed runaway consumption for the loss of wildlife.
• This government aims to deal with runaway inflation.
wiped out
completely destroyed
• Dinosaurs were wiped out long before humans walked the Earth.
• Debate continues as to whether climate change will wipe out human civilisation.
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