dispeopled
/dɪsˈpipəld/
adjective
- Having no people; empty of inhabitants.
- The explorers walked through the dispeopled valley, hearing only the wind.
- The dispeopled town stood as a ghostly reminder of the epidemic.
- After the earthquake, the once-bustling neighborhood was completely dispeopled.
Synonyms
verb
- Past tense of dispeople: removed the people from a place.
- The conquerors dispeopled the city and resettled it with their own citizens.
- The long drought dispeopled the countryside as families fled to find water.
- The plague dispeopled entire districts within months.