repopulate

/ riːˈpɒpjʊˌleɪt /

verb

1. to provide a new population for (an area in which the population has declined)

Example Sentences

The proposed move, a step toward reintroducing military conscription, comes as countries across Europe grapple with how to repopulate their armed forces under pressure from Washington and an expansionist Russia that European capitals accuse of waging a hybrid war on the continent.

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Bustling population centers like that can be used to repopulate areas that blink out elsewhere.

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That, in turn, would eventually help them repopulate the entire region.

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Unfortunately, there will have to be a purge of undesirables who do not meet the genetic standards of the new Superman to repopulate the earth with their superior genes.

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They were reintroduced in Kuno in 2022 as part of an ambitious plan to repopulate the species.

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Related Words

• breed 
• hatch 
• multiply 
• proliferate 
• propagate 
• spawn