Thesaurus: depopulate

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1. v. t. To deprive of inhabitants, whether by death or by expulsion; to reduce greatly the populousness of; to dispeople; to unpeople.
2. v. i. To become dispeopled.
3. v. reduce in population
4. To deprive of inhabitants, whether by death or by expulsion; to reduce greatly the populousness of; to dispeople; to unpeople. Where is this viper, That would depopulate the city Shak. Note: It is not synonymous with laying waste or destroying, being limited to the loss of inhabitants; as, an army or a famine may depopulate a country. It rarely expresses an entire loss of inhabitants, but often a great diminution of their numbers; as, the deluge depopulated the earth. To become dispeopled. [R.] Whether the country be depopulating or not. Goldsmith.
5. To deprive of inhabitants, whether by death or by expulsion; toreduce greatly the populousness of; to dispeople; to unpeople.Where is this viper, That would depopulate the city Shak.
6. v:100 v. reduce in population