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1. (v.t.) depopulate
to remove or reduce the population of, as by destruction or expulsion.
Etymology: (1525–35; < L dēpopulātus devastated, ptp. of dēpopulārī; see de -, populate)
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1. (verb) depopulate, desolate
reduce in population
"The epidemic depopulated the countryside"
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1. (verb) depopulate
to deprive of inhabitants, whether by death or by expulsion; to reduce greatly the populousness of; to dispeople; to unpeople
2. (verb) depopulate
to become dispeopled
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