Antonyms for repopulate
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : pop-yuh-leyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɒp yəˌleɪt |
Definition of repopulate
Origin :- 1590s, from re- + populate (v.). Related: Repopulated; repopulating.
- As in reproduce : verb make something new; give birth
- She looks as though she was made to repopulate a desert unaided.
- Extract from : « The Dangerous Age » by Karin Michalis
- They have been known to repopulate their territories after an epidemic, or at least after the destruction of their Aphides.
- Extract from : « The Industries of Animals » by Frdric Houssay
- By Sunday he had 1400 men with whom to quiet the panic and restore peace and repopulate the deserted country.
- Extract from : « The Last American Frontier » by Frederic L. (Frederic Logan) Paxson
- At Pemaquid Point he laid out the plan of a city which he divided into lots, inviting settlers to repopulate the country.
- Extract from : « Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast » by Samuel Adams Drake
- Set me upon a coral atoll with that volume, I will repopulate the world with dictionaries, and beget lusty tomes.
- Extract from : « Shandygaff » by Christopher Morley
- They were the survivors, each of a score of their fellows not so cautious, themselves fit to repopulate the hillside.
- Extract from : « The Little Lady of the Big House » by Jack London
- They obeyed the oracle and threw stones behind them from which sprang men and women to repopulate the earth.
- Extract from : « Selections From American Poetry » by Various
Synonyms for repopulate
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