🏚️depopulate

verb
/diːˈpɒpjʊˌleɪt/

Meaning

To reduce the number of people living in a place.

Example Sentences

The war threatened to depopulate the once-thriving town.

Synonyms

evacuate, empty, desert, drain

Antonyms

populate, settle, inhabit

Collocations

depopulate villages, depopulate regions, war depopulates, disease depopulates

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