depopulate

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verb

reduce in population
- The epidemic depopulated the countryside
• Syn:
desolate
• Derivationally related forms:
desolation (for: desolate), depopulation
• Hypernyms:
shrink, reduce
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something