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Overpopulate Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ate

Overpopulate has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

cause to have too great a population

"Some towns in New Jersey are becoming overpopulated"

2

To fill with too many individuals; to exceed the capacity of a region to contain the population.

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
populate
Rhyming Words
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