depopulate
verb (used with object)
to remove or reduce the population of, as by destruction or expulsion.
will depopulate
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future tenseof depopulate.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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There may even be plagues of unprecedented ferocity that will depopulate great areas before the wit of man can overcome them.
From A Collection of Stories by Jack London
It is claimed that the traffic will depopulate its sources of supply within the next twenty or thirty years.
From Following the Equator — Part 1 by Mark Twain
All other measures will prove abortive, and you will depopulate the country.
From Egmont by Anna Swanwick
