depopulate

英 [ˌdiː'pɒpjuleɪt] 美 [ˌdiː'pɑːpjuleɪt]

• vt. 使人口减少

英英释义

Verb:

1. reduce in population;

   "The epidemic depopulated the countryside"
   

经典引文

• The late Plague, which did much depopulate this Kingdom.

  出自： J. Child

• Forests and valleys were..depopulated of game.

  出自： F. Spence

近反义词

【近义词】

• clear 清楚的
• relocate 重新装置
• remove 消除
• clear out 清除
• evacuate 疏散
• desolate 荒凉的