depopulate

/diːpˈɒpjʊlˌe‍ɪt/

/diˈpɑpjəˌɫeɪt/

to depopulate

MAIN VERB

reduce in population

synonyms : desolate

Examples

1. It's a global trend: The allure of the big city depopulates the countryside and fills the barrios.

2. It's a global trend: The allure of the big city depopulates the countryside and fills the barrios.

3. The plague had depopulated Europe, hitting the peasant class especially hard, and led to a shortage of laborers.

4. The Egyptian scholar Al-Mazriqi noted all of Asia was depopulated, as far as the Korean Peninsula.