depopulate
11depopulate — transitive verb Etymology: Latin depopulatus, past participle of depopulari, from de + populari to ravage Date: 1548 1. obsolete ravage 2. to reduce greatly the population of • depopulation noun …
12depopulate — depopulation, n. depopulative, adj. depopulator, n. v. /dee pop yeuh layt /; adj. /dee pop yeuh lit, layt /, v., depopulated, depopulating, adj. v.t. 1. to remove or reduce the population of, as by destruction or expulsion. adj. 2. Archaic.… …
13depopulate — verb To reduce the population of a region by disease, war, forced relocation etc …
14depopulate — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. kill, massacre, slaughter, remove the inhabitants from, resettle, evict, oust, exile, eradicate the population of, deprive of inhabitants, commit genocide, commit mass murder, eliminate, wipe out; see also banish 1 , kill 1 …
15depopulate — de|pop|u|late [ di papjə,leıt ] verb transitive to cause an area to have far fewer people living in it than before …
16depopulate — de·pop·u·late || ‚diË pÉ’pjÊŠleɪt v. reduce the number of inhabitants …
17depopulate — verb substantially reduce the population of (an area). Derivatives depopulation noun …
18depopulate — v. a. Dispeople, unpeople, deprive of inhabitants …
19depopulate — verb (transitive usually passive) to greatly reduce the number of people living in a particular area: Many rural areas were completely depopulated by the end of the century. depopulation noun (U) …
20depopulate — de•pop•u•late [[t]diˈpɒp yəˌleɪt[/t]] v. t. lat•ed, lat•ing to remove or reduce the population of, as by destruction or expulsion • Etymology: 1525–35; < L dēpopulātus devastated, ptp. of dēpopulārī; see de , populate de•pop u•la′tion, n.… …
