depopulate.
To reduce the population of a region by disease, war, forced relocation etc.
Meaning & usage
To reduce the population of a region by disease, war, forced relocation etc.
To remove the components from a circuit board.
To become depopulated, to lose its population.
Where this word comes from
First attested in 1531; borrowed from Latin dēpopulātus, perfect active participle of dēpopulor (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)). Compare depeople, French dépeupler, Italian spopolare, Spanish despoblar, Portuguese despovoar and Romanian despopora; by surface analysis, de- + populate. Participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.
Depopulated (sense 1).
Barren, devoid of inhabitants; utterly destroyed, devastated.
Where this word comes from
First attested in 1531; borrowed from Latin dēpopulātus, perfect active participle of dēpopulor (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)). Compare depeople, French dépeupler, Italian spopolare, Spanish despoblar, Portuguese despovoar and Romanian despopora; by surface analysis, de- + populate. Participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.
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