"depopulate" meaning in English

See depopulate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /diːˈpɒpjəleɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /diˈpɑpjəleɪt/ [General-American]
Etymology: de- + populate or Latin dēpopulō Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|de|populate}} de- + populate, {{der|en|la|dēpopulō}} Latin dēpopulō Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} depopulate (not comparable)
  1. (obsolete) Depopulated. Tags: not-comparable, obsolete
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Verb

IPA: /diːˈpɒpjəleɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /diˈpɑpjəleɪt/ [General-American] Forms: depopulates [present, singular, third-person], depopulating [participle, present], depopulated [participle, past], depopulated [past]
Etymology: de- + populate or Latin dēpopulō Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|de|populate}} de- + populate, {{der|en|la|dēpopulō}} Latin dēpopulō Head templates: {{en-verb}} depopulate (third-person singular simple present depopulates, present participle depopulating, simple past and past participle depopulated)
  1. (transitive) To reduce the population of a region by disease, war, forced relocation etc. Tags: transitive Translations (to reduce the population of a region by disease, war, forced relocation etc.): despoblar (Catalan), vylidnit (Czech), affolke (Danish), ontvolken (Dutch), dépeupler (French), entvölkern (German), despopulizar (Ido), bánaigh (Irish), wyludniać [imperfective] (Polish), wyludnić [perfective] (Polish), diboblogi (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-depopulate-en-verb-m0eq9klX Categories (other): English terms prefixed with de- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with de-: 30 30 21 18 Disambiguation of 'to reduce the population of a region by disease, war, forced relocation etc.': 96 2 2
  2. (transitive, electronics) To remove the components from a circuit board. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Electronics
    Sense id: en-depopulate-en-verb-4FslRujw Categories (other): English terms prefixed with de- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with de-: 30 30 21 18 Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  3. (intransitive) To become depopulated, to lose its population. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-depopulate-en-verb-zidfZS3G Categories (other): English terms prefixed with de- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with de-: 30 30 21 18
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: depeople

Inflected forms

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          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To become depopulated, to lose its population."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To become depopulated, to lose its population."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/diːˈpɒpjəleɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/diˈpɑpjəleɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to reduce the population of a region by disease, war, forced relocation etc.",
      "word": "despoblar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to reduce the population of a region by disease, war, forced relocation etc.",
      "word": "vylidnit"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to reduce the population of a region by disease, war, forced relocation etc.",
      "word": "affolke"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to reduce the population of a region by disease, war, forced relocation etc.",
      "word": "ontvolken"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to reduce the population of a region by disease, war, forced relocation etc.",
      "word": "dépeupler"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to reduce the population of a region by disease, war, forced relocation etc.",
      "word": "entvölkern"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to reduce the population of a region by disease, war, forced relocation etc.",
      "word": "despopulizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to reduce the population of a region by disease, war, forced relocation etc.",
      "word": "bánaigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to reduce the population of a region by disease, war, forced relocation etc.",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "wyludniać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to reduce the population of a region by disease, war, forced relocation etc.",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "wyludnić"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to reduce the population of a region by disease, war, forced relocation etc.",
      "word": "diboblogi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "depopulate"
}

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    "English 4-syllable words",
    "English adjectives",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms prefixed with de-",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "English verbs",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Ido translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Welsh translations"
  ],
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "de",
        "3": "populate"
      },
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      "name": "prefix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "dēpopulō"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin dēpopulō",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "de- + populate or Latin dēpopulō",
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "depopulate (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1548, Edward Hall, The Union of the Two Noble and Illustre Families of Lancastre and Yorke, London: Richard Grafton, The firste yere of The vnquiete tyme of Kyng Henry the fourthe, page xix",
          "text": "A world it was to see […] his daily peregrinacion in the desert, felles and craggy mountains of that bareine vnfertile and depopulate countrey.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "c. 1611, George Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets, London: Nathaniell Butter, Book Two, p. 30",
          "text": "Wroth for bright-cheekt Bryseis losse; whom from Lyrnessus spoiles,\n(His owne exploit) he brought away, as trophee of his toiles,\nWhen that town was depopulate;",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Depopulated."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Depopulated."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/diːˈpɒpjəleɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/diˈpɑpjəleɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "depopulate"
}

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