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Large areas of the country had been depopulated by disease.
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Casualty tolerance in depopulating countries may also depend greatly on unforeseen contingent conditions—and may have surprising results.
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Nicholas Eberstadt, Foreign Affairs, 10 Oct. 2024
The fighting has displaced around 110,000 people in Lebanon, and about 60,000 in northern Israel, leaving both sides of the border depopulated.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2024
Many of these structures are now crumbling, the communes depopulated.
—Christine Ro, Longreads, 17 Sep. 2024
As small towns have depopulated, aged, and lost their economic base, their medical infrastructure has contracted in kind.
—Juliana Kim, NPR, 5 Sep. 2024
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Nicholas Eberstadt, Foreign Affairs, 10 Oct. 2024
The fighting has displaced around 110,000 people in Lebanon, and about 60,000 in northern Israel, leaving both sides of the border depopulated.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2024
Many of these structures are now crumbling, the communes depopulated.
—Christine Ro, Longreads, 17 Sep. 2024
As small towns have depopulated, aged, and lost their economic base, their medical infrastructure has contracted in kind.
—Juliana Kim, NPR, 5 Sep. 2024
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“Depopulate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/depopulate. Accessed 20 Nov. 2024.
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depopulate
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de·pop·u·late
(ˈ)dē-ˈpäp-yə-ˌlāt 
: to reduce greatly the population of (as a city or region) by destroying or driving away the inhabitants
depopulated by plague
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