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How to pronounce depopulate in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms desolate
Type of reduce, shrink
Derivation depopulation


The epidemic depopulated the countryside.

Examples of depopulate

depopulate
Muslim clerics claimed the vaccine was part of a Western plot to depopulate Africa.
From the newscientist.com
He is likelier to depopulate the region than to stop the flow of arms over the border.
From the economist.com
I think it helps to depopulate the mother category and keep it to the manageable size.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Some Islamic clerics suggested the vaccine is part of a Western plot to depopulate Africa.
From the newscientist.com
It is refreshing to encounter a dramatist who can people a stage rather than depopulate it.
From the time.com
Iran doesn't want to destroy Israel, they want to depopulate Israel.
From the swampland.time.com
The centralization of power designed to depopulate and control people is funded by the people.
From the infowars.com
Such cats are put on the working page for the bots to depopulate.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The jihad only served to depopulate Cameroon's north, however.
From the en.wikipedia.org
More examples
  • Reduce in population; "The epidemic depopulated the countryside"
  • (depopulated) having lost inhabitants as by war or disease; "the 15th century plagues left vast areas of Europe depopulated"