Dig and Populate

Dig

Dig verb - To hollow out or form (something) by removing earth.

Populate and dig are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Populate" instead a verb "Dig".

Nearby Words: digging, digged

Populate

Populate verb - To supply with inhabitants.
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Synonyms for Populate

Dig and populate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dig" instead a verb "Populate".

Nearby Words: population, populating

Common collocations

pit dig pit populate pit
paths dig paths populate paths

Both words in one sentence

  • Ruins for Ruins' Sake The game does remember events from earlier in the game that might conceivably have left remains (barbarian camps destroyed, cities razed, etc.) and will populate them in dig sites when possible... but it's also not adverse to making ruins up out of whole cloth if need be.
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