depopulation

Variant of depopulate

depopulate definition

de·popu·late (dē päp′yə lāt′)

transitive verb depopulated -·lat′ed, depopulating -·lat′·ing

to reduce the population of, esp. by violence, disease, etc.

Etymology: < L depopulatus, pp. of depopulari, to lay waste < de-, from + populari, to ravage, ruin < populus, people

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