depopulate
verb (used with object)
to remove or reduce the population of, as by destruction or expulsion.
has depopulated
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present perfectof depopulate (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Know then, worthy guests, that this part of the country is infested by a terrible Rakshasi, who has depopulated all the regions round.
From Folk-Tales of Bengal by Lal Behari Day
You ask them in turn, what epidemic has depopulated the country?
From The Roman Question by Edmond About
In Ireland it is expelling the whole population, and in Scotland it has depopulated provinces.
From The slave trade, domestic and foreign Why It Exists, and How It May Be Extinguished by H. C. (Henry Charles) Carey
"We do not perceive," says Petrarch, "that the plague has depopulated the world."
From The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch by Thomas Campbell
