depopulates
- present tense form of depopulate (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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After a short period of activity, when the equal balance of loss and reparation is once removed, man quits the stage of life, and the law of mortality depopulates the earth.
From Philosophical Letters of Frederich Schiller by Schiller, Friedrich
If the resuscitation of the State is desired by his labor, neither will be secured by a persecution which depopulates townships, and prevents the introduction of new labor and of capital.”
From The Nation's Peril Twelve Years' Experience in the South by Anonymous
Hence, "the horror of the taille depopulates the rural districts, concentrating in the towns all the talents and all the capital5254."
From The Ancient Regime by Durand, John
In the Hebrides the failure of a harvest almost depopulates an island.
From The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem by Camões, Luís de
Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui depopulates two leagues of country near Cuzco XXXIII.
From History of the Incas by Markham, Clements R. (Clements Robert), Sir
