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overpopulate
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o·ver·pop·u·late  (vr-ppy-lt)
v. o·ver·pop·u·lat·ed, o·ver·pop·u·lat·ing, o·ver·pop·u·lates
v.tr.
To fill (an area, for example) with excessive population to the detriment of the inhabitants, resources, or environment.
v.intr.
To breed to excess: wild animals that overpopulated and then starved.
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Verb1.overpopulate - cause to have too great a population; "Some towns in New Jersey are becoming overpopulated"
inhabit, live, populate, dwell - inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of; "People lived in Africa millions of years ago"; "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted"; "this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean"; "deer are populating the woods"


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