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depeople

American  
[dee-pee-puhl] / diˈpi pəl /

verb (used with object)

depeopled, depeopling

  1. to depopulate.

Etymology

Origin of depeople

First recorded in 1605–15; de- + people

Example Sentences

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Nay, it needs no such stupendous cataclysm to depeople this uneasy orb.

From A Cynic Looks at Life by Haldeman-Julius, E. (Emanuel)

"We cannot depeople France to people Canada," wrote the King; but from his royal revenue he set aside money yearly to send men to Canada as soldiers, women as wives.

From Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)

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