Definition of Depopulate

1. Verb. Reduce in population. "The epidemic depopulated the countryside"

Exact synonyms: Desolate
Generic synonyms: Reduce, Shrink
Derivative terms: Depopulation, Desolation

Definition of Depopulate

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.

Definition of Depopulate

1. [v -LATED, -LATING, -LATES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Depopulate

depoliticized
depoliticizes
depoliticizing
depolymerase
depolymerisation
depolymerize
depolymerized
depolymerizes
depolymerizing
depone
deponed
deponent
deponents
depones
deponing
depopulate (current term)
depopulated
depopulates
depopulating
depopulation
depopulation
depopulations
deport
deportable
deportation
deportations
deported
deportee
deportees
deporter

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