to depopulate

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depeople
to remove the inhabitants from
{v} to lay waste, destroy, unpeople
depeople
To reduce the population of a region by disease, war, forced relocation etc
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"
to depopulate

    Hyphenation

    to de·po·pu·late

    Turkish pronunciation

    tı dipäpyıleyt

    Pronunciation

    /tə dēˈpäpyəˌlāt/ /tə diːˈpɑːpjəˌleɪt/
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