depopulate
🇺🇸
/ˌdiːˈpɑːpjuleɪt/
🇬🇧
/ˌdiːˈpɒpjuleɪt/
verb
R
to make a place have fewer people living in it
The villages were depopulated because many people moved to the cities.
translation
to make a place have fewer people living in it
Word Forms
3rd Present
depopulates
Past
depopulated
Perfect
depopulated
Progressive
depopulating