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Definition of: depopulate
(dē·pop′yə·lāt) v.t. ·lat·ed, ·lat·ing
To remove the inhabitants from, by massacre, famine, epidemics, etc.
—adjective (-lit, -lāt) Obs. Depopulated. [<L depopulatus, pp. of depopulari <de- down + populari lay waste <populus people]
—de·pop′u·la′·tor noun
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