overswarm
Example Sentences
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"But that is absurd," I said, "for if their number were not checked in some fashion, in a few decades the dogs would overswarm the city."
From City of Endless Night by Hastings, Milo M. (Milo Milton)
Remember human beings are under the same rule as other creatures; if you destroy the things that prey on them, they are liable to overswarm the food-producing power of their locality.
From Travels in West Africa by Kingsley, Mary H.
