"depopulate" meaning in English

See depopulate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /diːˈpɒpjəleɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /diˈpɑpjəleɪt/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-depopulate.wav
Etymology: First attested in 1531; borrowed from Latin dēpopulātus, perfect active participle of dēpopulor (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)). Compare depeople, French dépeupler, Italian spopolare, Spanish despoblar, Portuguese despovoar and Romanian despopora; by surface analysis, de- + populate. Participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English. Etymology templates: {{etydate|1531}} First attested in 1531, {{bor+|en|la|dēpopulātus|nocap=1}} borrowed from Latin dēpopulātus, {{glossary|perfect}} perfect, {{glossary|active}} active, {{glossary|participle}} participle, {{af|en|-ate|id1=verb|pos1=verb-forming suffix}} -ate (verb-forming suffix), {{af|en|-ate|id1=adjective|pos1=adjective-forming suffix}} -ate (adjective-forming suffix), {{noncog|fr|dépeupler}} French dépeupler, {{noncog|it|spopolare}} Italian spopolare, {{noncog|es|despoblar}} Spanish despoblar, {{noncog|pt|despovoar}} Portuguese despovoar, {{noncog|ro|despopora}} Romanian despopora, {{surf|en|de-|populate|nocap=1}} by surface analysis, de- + populate Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} depopulate (not comparable), {{tlb|en|obsolete}} (obsolete)
  1. (as a participle) Depopulated (sense 1). Tags: not-comparable, obsolete
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  2. (as a participial adjective) Barren, devoid of inhabitants; utterly destroyed, devastated . Tags: not-comparable, obsolete
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: depopulacy Related terms: depeople

Verb

IPA: /diːˈpɒpjəleɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /diˈpɑpjəleɪt/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-depopulate.wav Forms: depopulates [present, singular, third-person], depopulating [participle, present], depopulated [participle, past], depopulated [past]
Etymology: First attested in 1531; borrowed from Latin dēpopulātus, perfect active participle of dēpopulor (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)). Compare depeople, French dépeupler, Italian spopolare, Spanish despoblar, Portuguese despovoar and Romanian despopora; by surface analysis, de- + populate. Participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English. Etymology templates: {{etydate|1531}} First attested in 1531, {{bor+|en|la|dēpopulātus|nocap=1}} borrowed from Latin dēpopulātus, {{glossary|perfect}} perfect, {{glossary|active}} active, {{glossary|participle}} participle, {{af|en|-ate|id1=verb|pos1=verb-forming suffix}} -ate (verb-forming suffix), {{af|en|-ate|id1=adjective|pos1=adjective-forming suffix}} -ate (adjective-forming suffix), {{noncog|fr|dépeupler}} French dépeupler, {{noncog|it|spopolare}} Italian spopolare, {{noncog|es|despoblar}} Spanish despoblar, {{noncog|pt|despovoar}} Portuguese despovoar, {{noncog|ro|despopora}} Romanian despopora, {{surf|en|de-|populate|nocap=1}} by surface analysis, de- + populate 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 Synonyms: depeople, desolate, dispeople, unpeople, unpopulate 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)
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  2. (transitive, electronics) To remove the components from a circuit board. Tags: transitive
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  3. (intransitive) To become depopulated, to lose its population. Tags: intransitive
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: depopulative Related terms: depopulant, depopulation, depopulator

Inflected forms

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