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单词 depopulate
释义 depopulate
I. de·populate \(ˈ)dē+\ verb
Etymology: Latin depopulatus, past participle of depopulari, depopulare, from de- + populari, populare to ravage, perhaps from populus people — more at people
transitive verb
1. obsolete : to lay waste : devastate, ravage
2. : to deprive wholly or partly of inhabitants (as by war or pestilence) : reduce the population of
 < the Black Death … depopulated parts of Europe in the 15th century — V.M.Ehlers & E.W.Steel >
 < the cities almost depopulated of Spaniards gone to seek the greater riches of Mexico — Marjory S. Douglas >
intransitive verb
: to become less populous
II. de·pop·u·late \(ˈ)dē|päpyələ̇t\ adjective
Etymology: Latin depopulatus
archaic : depopulated
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