repopulates

Fills with residents

Repopulates is the third-person singular form of repopulate, meaning to fill again with inhabitants or members after a decline or absence.

A species repopulates an area when its numbers recover there; a city repopulates after war or disaster drives residents away.

In computing, a database or form repopulates when data automatically refills fields that were previously cleared.

The salmon repopulates these streams every spring.

The script repopulates the dropdown menu after each selection.

ecology

species

Finest taxonomic rank

  • wildlifeUndomesticated natural organisms
  • habitatOrganism's natural environment
  • ecosystemInterconnected organisms and surroundings

reintroduction · breeding · conservation · fauna · flora · biodiversity · rewilding · migration · nesting · spawning

database

records

Stored data or albums

  • entriesItems logged or submitted
  • dataFacts for analysis
  • reloadFill with ammunition again

refresh · restore · update · synchronize · cache · table · fields · query · import · migration

colonization

settlers

Those who establish homes

pioneers · outpost · expedition · explorers · inhabitants · migration · resettlement · occupation · annexation · conquest

recovery

restoration

Returning something to condition

regeneration · revival · renewal · reconstruction · reestablishment · return · influx · resurgence · rebirth · reclamation

growth

increase

Growth in amount

surge · boom · spread · replenishment · reproduction · breeding · numbers · density · rebound · recovery

Opposites
population change direction

repopulatesdepopulates

Reduces inhabitant count drastically

empties · evacuates · clears out · abandons · deserts

restoration vs. destruction

repopulatesexterminates

Kills all of them

eradicates · wipes out · eliminates · annihilates · devastates

Family

repopulate, repopulated, repopulation, repopulating

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