- (v.t.) To deprive of inhabitants, whether by death or by expulsion; to reduce greatly the populousness of; to dispeople; to unpeople.
- (v.i.) To become dispeopled.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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| MLA | Webster's. "depopulate" 27 May 2011. Web. 21 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/depopulate/definitions/1996272> |