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populate

[pop-yuh-leyt] / ˈpɒp yəˌleɪt /
VERB
supply with inhabitants
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG


Example Sentences

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The back of the room — populated with parents, guardians and supervisors — is more sedate.

From Los Angeles Times

Deadly fires were once a regular scourge in densely populated Hong Kong, especially in poorer neighbourhoods, but improved safety measures have made them far less common.

From Barron's

The inferno -- the financial hub's worst in decades -- sent shock waves through the city, which has some of the world's most densely populated and tallest residential blocks.

From Barron's

Deadly fires were once a a regular scourge in densely populated Hong Kong, especially in poorer neighbourhoods.

From Barron's

"In places, you couldn't see a single patch of rock because everything is so densely populated," Brandl says.

From Science Daily