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What does repopulate mean?

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Verb
  1. To populate again; to breed among a group in order to keep the population up.
  2. (transitive) To reintroduce a species into (an area).
  3. (computing) To fill with data again; to refresh.
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Most cultures have deep at their core a flood myth in which the great bulk of humanity is destroyed and a few are left to repopulate and repurify the human race.
Cod supplies have been running short because of fishing restrictions imposed in the North Sea in a bid to repopulate depleted stocks.
Is there a direct relationship between the two such that we can rely upon the inshore stock to help repopulate what is offshore?
The French probably give grants to people who repopulate areas of their abandoned countryside with no questions asked.
The question is, will sufficient lemmings survive to repopulate their traditional stamping grounds?
While these peons can be whipped into fighting shape, bolstering diminished ranks or supplementing healthy ones, the citizens of each village slowly repopulate the town.

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