repopulate

/ (riːˈpɒpjʊˌleɪt) /

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verb (tr)

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

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How to use repopulate in a sentence

Set me upon a coral atoll with that volume, I will repopulate the world with dictionaries, and beget lusty tomes.
Shandygaff|Christopher Morley
They were the survivors, each of a score of their fellows not so cautious, themselves fit to repopulate the hillside.
The Little Lady of the Big House|Jack London
At Pemaquid Point he laid out the plan of a city which he divided into lots, inviting settlers to repopulate the country.
Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast|Samuel Adams Drake
By Sunday he had 1400 men with whom to quiet the panic and restore peace and repopulate the deserted country.
The Last American Frontier|Frederic L. (Frederic Logan) Paxson

They have been known to repopulate their territories after an epidemic, or at least after the destruction of their Aphides.
The Industries of Animals|Frdric Houssay

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