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View definitions for depopulate

depopulate

verb as in desolate

verb as in massacre

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For full access to a genuine voice, Hemingway argues that a writer must depopulate his or her world, physically or metaphysically.

Indeed, in the early 1770s, the movement of people westward was so large that it threatened to depopulate Britain.

For the benefit of trade and religion, Los Rios thinks it advisable to depopulate Macao and suppress it.

A landlord who was determined to depopulate could hardly in the long run be prevented from succeeding in his object.

To compel the Bishops to reside within their dioceses would depopulate the Court of Rome, and make it very much poorer.

The principle of entailing landed estates tends to impoverish the people, drive them to emigration, and so depopulate the country.

To confine man absolutely either to animal or vegetable food would be to depopulate a large part of the earth.

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On this page you'll find 72 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to depopulate, such as: desecrate, despoil, devastate, devour, pillage, and plunder.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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