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depopulation Definition


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depopulate
verb
    1. To greatly reduce the number of people living in (an area, country, etc).
Derivative: depopulated
adj
    Derivative: depopulation
    noun
      Etymology: 16c: from Latin depopulari, depopulatus to lay waste, later understood as meaning ‘to deprive of people'.



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