depopulated

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depopulated - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Depopulate \De*pop"u*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Depopulated;
     p. pr. & vb. n. Depopulating.] [L. depopulatus, p. p. of
     depopulari to ravage; de- + populari to ravage, fr. populus
     people: cf. OF. depopuler, F. d['e]peupler. See People.]
     To deprive of inhabitants, whether by death or by expulsion;
     to reduce greatly the populousness of; to dispeople; to
     unpeople.
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           Where is this viper,
           That would depopulate the city?          --Shak.
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     Note: It is not synonymous with laying waste or destroying,
           being limited to the loss of inhabitants; as, an army
           or a famine may depopulate a country. It rarely
           expresses an entire loss of inhabitants, but often a
           great diminution of their numbers; as, the deluge
           depopulated the earth.
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depopulated - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  depopulated
      adj 1: having lost inhabitants as by war or disease; "the 15th
             century plagues left vast areas of Europe depopulated"