MEANING
To greatly reduce the number of inhabitants of a place, or remove them from it.
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Words that belong together
- depopulate a region
- depopulate a village
- a depopulated district
On the page
The closure of the mine depopulated the valley more effectively than any order from the capital.
Years of flooding had depopulated the lower streets while the church remained in use.
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Word forms
- Base
- depopulate
- Past tense
- depopulated
- Past participle
- depopulated
- Present participle
- depopulating
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- depopulate
- Present continuous
- am/is/are depopulating
- Present perfect
- have/has depopulated
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been depopulating
- Past
- depopulated
- Past continuous
- was/were depopulating
- Past perfect
- had depopulated
- Past perfect continuous
- had been depopulating
- Future
- will depopulate
- Future continuous
- will be depopulating
- Future perfect
- will have depopulated
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been depopulating
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: setting. Forms: depopulate; depopulates; depopulated; depopulated; depopulating Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: depopulates.
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