repopulate

/ (riːˈpɒpjʊˌleɪt) /


verb(tr)
  1. 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.

  • At Pemaquid Point he laid out the plan of a city which he divided into lots, inviting settlers to repopulate the country.

  • 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