depopulate

as in to unpeople

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Recent Examples of depopulate Casualty tolerance in depopulating countries may also depend greatly on unforeseen contingent conditions—and may have surprising results. 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 See all Example Sentences for depopulate 

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“Depopulate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/depopulate. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.

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