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/diːpˈɒpjʊlˌeɪtɪd/
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ADJECTIVE
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having lost inhabitants as by war or disease
the 15th century plagues left vast areas of Europe depopulated
How To Use depopulated In A Sentence
- In 2002 alone, 100 animals in 34 herds were diagnosed as having Johne's disease, with one entire herd being depopulated.
- In the United States, for example, huge, formerly ecologically significant areas such as Florida and the Rocky Mountains would be depopulated and restored to a natural state.
- It especially applies to those areas which have been depopulated since famine times.
- With the decline of the Roman empire, barbarian attacks impoverished and depopulated the frontier provinces, and laid a burden of defense on the empire which overstrained the administrative machinery and its economic resources.
- These disconcerting interjections of human speech into an otherwise depopulated realm help illuminate an ambiguous statement about technology in Omit's work.
- Bankrupt and depopulated, the capital of the twentieth century had become an urban nightmare. The Times Literary Supplement
- Whole stretches of land were laid waste and depopulated.
- The valleys have not lost their character but agricultural and industrial changes have depopulated some areas and opened others to an influx of lowlanders seeking holiday and retirement homes.
- The region was depopulated by disease/famine/war.
- The cheap labor they would provide in towns and cities would stimulate manufacturing, and the now depopulated countryside could be used for more profitable cattle farming…