transitive verb
-·lat·ed, -·lat·ing to populate (an area) too heavily for the available sustaining resources
overpopulate
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overpopulate
verb
o·ver·pop·u·lat·ed, o·ver·pop·u·lat·ing, o·ver·pop·u·latesverb
transitiveTo fill (an area, for example) with excessive population to the detriment of the inhabitants, resources, or environment.
verb
intransitiveTo breed to excess: wild animals that overpopulated and then starved.
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present overpopulates, present participle overpopulating, simple past and past participle overpopulated)
- To fill with too many individuals; to exceed the capacity of a region to contain the population.
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