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depeople

[ dee-pee-puhl ]

verb (used with object)

, de·peo·pled, de·peo·pling.
  1. to depopulate.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of depeople1

First recorded in 1605–15; de- + people

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Example Sentences

Nay, it needs no such stupendous cataclysm to depeople this uneasy orb.

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