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Definition of Depopulated
1. Adjective. Having lost inhabitants as by war or disease. "The 15th century plagues left vast areas of Europe depopulated"
Definition of Depopulated
1. Verb. (past of depopulate) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Depopulated
1. depopulate [v] - See also: depopulate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Depopulated
Literary usage of Depopulated
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1858)
"... depopulated by the incursions of English and even Algerine pirates.” Can any
of your readers furnish me with a short . account of these incursions ? ..."
2. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey, John Wood Warter (1855)
"THE flat country between Muttra and Delhi presented a melancholy aspect, being
almost depopulated by famine, and the oppressions of the late changeable and ..."
3. The Missions and Missionaries of California by Zephyrin Engelhardt (1908)
"The Southern Missions depopulated.—Two Missions Abandoned.—Death of Fathers Bravo,
Wagner and Tempis.—Departure of Father Sistiaga.—Death of Father Guillen. ..."
4. The Journal of the Rev. Francis Asbury, Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal by Francis Asbury (1821)
"The upper end of the valley has been depopulated, one family has been destroyed
since 1 was last here. The Captain's wife was decent, kind, and sensible. ..."
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