de|pop|u|late

de|pop|u|late
de|pop|u|late «dee POP yuh layt», verb, -lat|ed, -lat|ing, adjective.
–v.t.
1. to deprive of inhabitants, wholly or in part; reduce the population of: »

The conquerors depopulated the enemy's capital by driving the inhabitants away.

2. Obsolete. to plunder; lay waste.
–adj.
Archaic. deprived of inhabitants; depopulated.

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