unpeople

/ʌnˈpipəl/
verb
  1. To remove or deprive of people; to depopulate.
    • Disease and famine threatened to unpeople the once-thriving region.
    • The war unpeopled entire villages, leaving them empty and silent.
    • The dictator's policies slowly unpeopled the countryside as citizens fled.
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