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Antonyms 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

Definition 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)

Synonyms for depopulate

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