Large areas of the country had been depopulated by disease.
Recent Examples on the WebThe 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 The narrative seems set sometime between roughly 1750 and 1860, when the Highland Clearances extensively depopulated Scotland’s arable lands.—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for depopulate
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Word History
Etymology
Latin depopulatus, past participle of depopulari, from de- + populari to ravage
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