Dis-people

dis·peo·ple

[dis-pee-puhl]
verb (used with object), dis·peo·pled, dis·peo·pling.
to deprive of people; depopulate.

Origin:
1480–90; dis-1 + people

dis·peo·ple·ment, noun
dis·peo·pler, noun
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