depopulate

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To reduce the population of a region by disease, war, forced relocation etc
to remove the inhabitants from
{v} to lay waste, destroy, unpeople
To deprive of inhabitants, whether by death or by expulsion; to reduce greatly the populousness of; to dispeople; to unpeople
reduce in population; "The epidemic depopulated the countryside
{f} reduce the number of inhabitants
To become dispeopled
To depopulate an area means to greatly reduce the number of people living there. The famine threatened to depopulate the continent. + depopulated de·popu·lat·ed a small, rural, and depopulated part of the south-west. + depopulation de·popu·la·tion rural depopulation. to greatly reduce the number of people living in a particular area
reduce in population; "The epidemic depopulated the countryside"
depeople
depopulation
The act of depopulating or condition of being depopulated; the destruction or expulsion of inhabitants
depopulation
{n} havoc, waste, destruction, ruin
To depopulate
depeople
depopulated
having lost inhabitants as by war or disease; "the 15th century plagues left vast areas of Europe depopulated
depopulated
past of depopulate
depopulates
third-person singular of depopulate
depopulating
present participle of depopulate
depopulation
{i} act of reducing the number of inhabitants
depopulation
The act of depopulating, or condition of being depopulated; destruction or explusion of inhabitants
depopulation
the condition of having reduced numbers of inhabitants (or no inhabitants at all)
depopulate
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