Synonyms for depopulate

Grammar : Verb

Spell : verb dee-pop-yuh-leyt; adjective dee-pop-yuh-lit, -leyt

Phonetic Transcription : verb diˈpɒp yəˌleɪt; adjective diˈpɒp yə lɪt, -ˌleɪt

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Définition of depopulate

Origin : 1540s; see de- + populate. Perhaps from Latin depopulatus, past participle of depopulari "to lay waste, ravage." Related: Depopulated; depopulating. Earlier in same sense was dispeplen (early 15c.).

As in massacre : verb kill, often in great numbers
As in desolate : verb ravage, destroy
As in despoil : verb ravage, destroy

Example sentences :

"To get rid of them you'd have to depopulate the country," said Jason Jones.
Extract from : « Mary Louise Solves a Mystery » by L. Frank Baum

While out riding he discovered the colony and at once resolved to depopulate it.
Extract from : « In Beaver World » by Enos Abijah Mills

Poverty, death, and emigration then began to depopulate Paris.
Extract from : « Economic Sophisms » by Frederic Bastiat

Leopold seems to be doing his best to depopulate the country.
Extract from : « Samba » by Herbert Strang

It has converted the valley into a desert, and will depopulate it.
Extract from : « Calavar » by Robert Montgomery Bird

All other measures will prove abortive, and you will depopulate the country.
Extract from : « Egmont » by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

The effect of this system was actually to depopulate many parishes.
Extract from : « The Land-War In Ireland (1870) » by James Godkin

The whites caught these words ringing clear and distinct: We will depopulate this whole country of whites.
Extract from : « Dixie After the War » by Myrta Lockett Avary

There are no new cities built of any magnitude; the new would only depopulate the old.
Extract from : « My Trip Around the World » by Eleonora Hunt

I would start in at once to elevate, purify, and depopulate the red-light district.
Extract from : « Mark Twain's Speeches » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

Antonyms for depopulate

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