Depopulate /(?)/

De·pop·u·late

Depopulate

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Depopulated; p. pr. & vb. n. Depopulating

  1. To deprive of inhabitants, whether by death or by expulsion; to reduce greatly the populousness of; to dispeople; to unpeople.
    Where is this viper, That would depopulate the city?

Depopulate

v. i.
  1. To become dispeopled. [R.]
    Whether the country be depopulating or not.