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depopulation.

The act of depopulating or condition of being depopulated; the destruction or expulsion of inhabitants.

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Meaning & usage

noun/diːˌpɒ.pjəˈleɪ.ʃən/UK/diˌpɑ.pjəˈleɪ.ʃən/US
  1. The act of depopulating or condition of being depopulated; the destruction or expulsion of inhabitants.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle English depopulacion (also spelled depopulacyoun, depopolacion), borrowed from Latin dēpopulātiō. By surface analysis, depopulate + -ion.

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