overpopulate

A verb used to indicate the act of filling an area with too many people or organisms, exceeding the capacity of the environment.

• 🇫🇷Verbe utilisé pour désigner l'action de remplir un territoire d'un trop grand nombre de personnes ou d'organismes, dépassant les capacités de l'environnement.

1. Cause excessive population B2 formal

   To cause an area or environment to have too many inhabitants, exceeding its capacity or resources.

   • Urban sprawl can overpopulate a region, straining its infrastructure.
   • The introduction of a non-native species can overpopulate an ecosystem.
   • If we overpopulate the city, housing and water supplies will become scarce.

   🇫🇷Surpeupler

   Synonymes: cramfloodovercrowdpack

• overpopulated past participle
• overpopulated past simple
• overpopulating present participle
• overpopulates third person singular