PULLULATED Synonyms: 16 Similar and Opposite Words

pullulated

verb

past tense of pullulate

as in burst

to be copiously supplied a tough city neighborhood that has a reputation for pullulating with prostitutes and petty criminals

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The skins cling like wet T-shirts to the filling beneath, with each plump bundle nearly bursting with big, discernible chunks of shrimp and ground pork.

— Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Heaps of plot aren’t required, of course, but one watches Color of the Sun with a constant itch for something to burst through the movie’s mannered stillness and liven up the picture.

— Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026

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With a nod from the person at the desk, we were buzzed out and strolled straight onto the tarmac to mount up.

— Andrew P. Collins, The Drive, 9 Sep. 2026
The two 98-seat Embraer-190 regional jets from South African airline Airlink buzzed Cape Town’s DHL stadium on Saturday just before the match between the country’s Springboks and New Zealand’s All Blacks teams.

— Pete Muntean, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026

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