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de·pop·u·late
 depopulate
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- pronunciation:
- di
pap
y
leIt
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
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transitive verb |
| inflections: |
depopulates, depopulating, depopulated |
| definition: |
to eliminate or decrease vastly the number of people in (a place), as by eviction, disease, or slaughter.
The plague depopulated Europe in the fourteenth century.- similar words:
- desolate
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| derivations: |
depopulation (n.), depopulator (n.) |
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