depopulate

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/diːˈpɒpjʊleɪt/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/diˈpɑpjəˌleɪt/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(v. dē popyə lāt′; adj. dē popyə lit, -lāt′)


Inflections of 'depopulate' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
depopulates
v 3rd person singular
depopulating
v pres p
depopulated
v past
depopulated
v past p

depopulate
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Synonyms:
kill Collocations, massacre, slaughter Collocations, remove the inhabitants from, resettle, evict, oust, exile, eradicate the population of, deprive of inhabitants, commit genocide, commit mass murder, eliminate, wipe out, banish, carry out ethnic cleansing, annihilate, decimate, slay Collocations, murder Collocations, cull


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