depeople

/diːˈpiːpəl/
verb
  1. To reduce the population of a place, especially by force or disaster.
    • The plague depeopled entire villages in the Middle Ages.
    • The famine depeopled the countryside, leaving towns empty.
    • War can depeople a region as people flee or are killed.
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