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DEPOPULATE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Reduce in population

Example:

The epidemic depopulated the countryside

Synonyms:

depopulate; desolate

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "depopulate" is one way to...):

reduce; shrink (reduce in size; reduce physically)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

depopulation (the condition of having reduced numbers of inhabitants (or no inhabitants at all))

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