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What does depopulate mean?

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  1. (transitive) To reduce the population of a region by disease, war, forced relocation etc.
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They are a specialty and to depopulate them, to kill them all means they are irreplaceable.
The increased ease of travel helped to depopulate many culturally rich, high-altitude areas as well.
It is in no one's best interests to depopulate the rural parts of our country.
About 4,000 villages have been burnt and razed to the ground in an attempt to depopulate the area.
It is vitally important that the people here are united in this thrust to depopulate the country area.
He is likelier to depopulate the region than to stop the flow of arms over the border. New fronts could then open.

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