"depopulation" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /diːˌpɒpjəˈleɪʃən/ [UK] Forms: depopulations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: de- + population, or depopulate + -ation. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|de|population}} de- + population, {{suffix|en|depopulate|ation}} depopulate + -ation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} depopulation (countable and uncountable, plural depopulations)
  1. The act of depopulating or condition of being depopulated; the destruction or expulsion of inhabitants. Tags: countable, uncountable Derived forms: depopulacy, depopulant, depopulate, depopulative, depopulator Translations (act or condition of depopulating): despoblament [masculine] (Catalan), despoblació [feminine] (Catalan), affolkning [common-gender] (Danish), väestökato (Finnish), dépeuplement [masculine] (French), Entvölkerung [feminine] (German), bánú [masculine] (Irish), dídhaonrú [masculine] (Irish), dêpeupliéthie [feminine] (Norman), wyludnienie [neuter] (Polish), depopulacja [feminine] (Polish), обезлю́дение (obezljúdenije) [neuter] (Russian), депопуля́ция (depopuljácija) [feminine] (Russian), fàsachadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), avfolkning [common-gender] (Swedish), diboblogaeth [feminine] (Welsh)

Inflected forms

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