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overpopulating
Variant of overpopulate
overpopulate
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over·popu·late (ō′vər päp′yo̵̅o̅ lāt′)
transitive verb overpopulated -·lat′ed, overpopulating -·lat′·ing
to populate (an area) too heavily for the available sustaining resources
Related Forms:
- overpopulation o′ver·pop′u·la′·tion noun
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