Found 2 items, similar to depopulate.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: depopulate depopulate v : reduce in population; “The epidemic depopulated the countryside” [syn: desolate]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Depopulate Depopulate \De*pop"u*late\, v. i. To become dispeopled. [R.] [1913 Webster] Whether the country be depopulating or not. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster] Depopulate \De*pop"u*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Depopulated; p. pr. & vb. n. Depopulating.] [L. depopulatus, p. p. of depopulari to ravage; de- + populari to ravage, fr. populus people: cf. OF. depopuler, F. d['e]peupler. See People.] To deprive of inhabitants, whether by death or by expulsion; to reduce greatly the populousness of; to dispeople; to unpeople. [1913 Webster] Where is this viper, That would depopulate the city? --Shak. [1913 Webster] Note: It is not synonymous with laying waste or destroying, being limited to the loss of inhabitants; as, an army or a famine may depopulate a country. It rarely expresses an entire loss of inhabitants, but often a great diminution of their numbers; as, the deluge depopulated the earth. [1913 Webster]