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Depopulate
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
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.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To become dispeopled. [R.] Whether the country be depopulating or not. Goldsmith.