depopulate

tr.v., -lat·ed, -lat·ing, -lates.
To reduce sharply the population of, as by disease, war, or forcible relocation.

[Latin dēpopulāri, dēpopulāt-, to lay waste : dē-, de- + populārī, to ravage (from populus, people, throng).]

depopulation de·pop'u·la'tion n.
depopulator de·pop'u·la'tor n.

The decline, in absolute terms, of the total population of an area, more often brought about by out-migration than by a fall in fertility or excessive mortality. In the early 1980s, the areas of Europe experiencing the greatest losses of population were interior Spain and Portugal, southern Italy, northern Scandinavia, Scotland, and western Ireland, with less dramatic losses in the old industrial areas of Lorraine, Limburg, and the French Nord. See rural depopulation.

Removal of all animals from the particular environment.

• herd d. — disposal of all animals in the herd.

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: reduce in population
  Synonym: desolate

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - affolke

Nederlands (Dutch)
ontvolken

Français (French)
v. tr. - dépeupler

Deutsch (German)
v. - entvölkern

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ερημώνω, απομακρύνω ή εξολοθρεύω τους κατοίκους

Italiano (Italian)
spopolare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - despovoar

Русский (Russian)
уничтожить население

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - despoblar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - avfolka

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使人口减少, 灭绝人口

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使人口減少, 滅絕人口

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 동민을 감소시키다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 人口を減らす

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يقلل كثيرا عدد السكان في مكان‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮התמעטה (אוכלוסיה), הפחית התושבים‬

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