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depopulate - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'depopulate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Depopulate [ v. i.]
- To become dispeopled.
2 . Depopulate [ v. t.]
- To deprive of inhabitants, whether by death or by expulsion; to reduce greatly the populousness of; to dispeople; to unpeople.

Meaning of 'depopulate' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . depopulate [ v]
Meaning (1):
- reduce in population
Example in sentence:
  • The epidemic depopulated the countryside