overcrowd
verb
over·crowd
ˌō-vər-ˈkrau̇d 
overcrowded; overcrowding; overcrowds
: to cause to be too crowded
: to crowd together too much
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Consider the psychological stress of being forced to leave your home and relocate to a gradually overcrowding urban area away from flood zones.
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Melissa McCann, Hartford Courant, 16 June 2024
Listen to this article Pushed on the platform by MTA’s poor planning
Long Island City: The Monday report on the Ch. 4 6 o’clock news regarding overcrowding on the No. 7 platform at Grand Central was totally misleading and wrong.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 8 Feb. 2024
However, expanding into a country already overcrowded by jihadist organizations has proved to be challenging.
—Mehwish Rani, Foreign Affairs, 31 Aug. 2016
Of particular concern is overcrowding at the family hotels that are in apartment houses and homes, where one source encountered 13 families sharing one toilet.
—Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 May 2024
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Melissa McCann, Hartford Courant, 16 June 2024
Listen to this article Pushed on the platform by MTA’s poor planning
Long Island City: The Monday report on the Ch. 4 6 o’clock news regarding overcrowding on the No. 7 platform at Grand Central was totally misleading and wrong.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 8 Feb. 2024
However, expanding into a country already overcrowded by jihadist organizations has proved to be challenging.
—Mehwish Rani, Foreign Affairs, 31 Aug. 2016
Of particular concern is overcrowding at the family hotels that are in apartment houses and homes, where one source encountered 13 families sharing one toilet.
—Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 May 2024
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“Overcrowd.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overcrowd. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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overcrowd
verb
over·crowd
-ˈkrau̇d
1
: to cause to be too crowded
2
: to crowd together too much
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