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depopulative

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de⋅pop⋅u⋅late

  [v. dee-pop-yuh-leyt; adj. dee-pop-yuh-lit, -leyt] verb, -lat⋅ed, -lat⋅ing, adjective
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–verb (used with object)
1. to remove or reduce the population of, as by destruction or expulsion.
–adjective
2. Archaic. depopulated.
Origin:
1525–35; < L dēpopulātus devastated (ptp. of dēpopulārī), equiv. to dē- de- + populātus; see populate

Related forms:
de⋅pop⋅u⋅la⋅tion, noun
de⋅pop⋅u⋅la⋅tive, adjective
de⋅pop⋅u⋅la⋅tor, noun
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Word Origin & History

depopulate 
1545, from de- + populate.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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