Repopulate

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To populate again; to breed among a group in order to keep the population up.
  2. 2
    To reintroduce a species into (an area). transitive
  3. 3
    To fill with data again; to refresh.

    "to repopulate a grid"

Example

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"Can we repopulate an area after a bushfire?"

Etymology

From re- + populate.

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