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- Dictionarydepopulate/ˌdiːˈpɒpjʊleɪt/
verb
- 1. substantially reduce the population of (an area): "the disease could depopulate a town the size of Bournemouth"
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DEPOPULATE definition: 1. to cause a country or area to have fewer people living in it: 2. to cause a country or area to…. Learn more.
1. obsolete : ravage. 2. : to reduce greatly the population of. depopulation. (ˌ)dē-ˌpä-pyə-ˈlā-shən. noun. Examples of depopulate in a Sentence. Large areas of the country had been depopulated by disease. Recent Examples on the Web But the depopulating East Side needs more than just new construction and faster internet.
Depopulate definition: to remove or reduce the population of, as by destruction or expulsion.. See examples of DEPOPULATE used in a sentence.
Definition of depopulate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
DEPOPULATE meaning: 1. to cause a country or area to have fewer people living in it: 2. to cause a country or area to…. Learn more.
verb. To depopulate an area means to greatly reduce the number of people living there. The famine threatened to depopulate the continent. [VERB noun] depopulated adjective. ...a small, rural, and depopulated part of the south-west. depopulation (diːpɒpjʊleɪʃən ) uncountable noun. ...rural depopulation. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
To reduce sharply the population of, as by disease, war, or forcible relocation. [Latin dēpopulāri, dēpopulāt-, to lay waste : dē-, de- + populārī, to ravage (from populus, people, throng ).] de·pop′u·la′tion n. de·pop′u·la′tor n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
