overpopulate

v., -lat·ed, -lat·ing, -lates.

v.tr.
To fill (an area, for example) with excessive population to the detriment of the inhabitants, resources, or environment.

v.intr.
To breed to excess: wild animals that overpopulated and then starved.

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: cause to have too great a population

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - overbefolket

Français (French)
adj. - surpeuplé

Deutsch (German)
adj. - übervölkert

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - υπερπληθής

Italiano (Italian)
sovrappopolato

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - superpovoado

Русский (Russian)
перенаселенный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - superpoblado

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - överbefolkad

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
人口过多的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 人口過多的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 인구과잉의, 과밀한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 人口過剰の

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮צפוף אוכלוסין‬

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