What is the meaning of depopulated?

verb

  • Reduce in population.
    • usage: "The epidemic depopulated the countryside"

adjective

  • Having lost inhabitants as by war or disease.
    • usage: "the 15th century plagues left vast areas of Europe depopulated"
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