Dispeople /(?)/

Dis·peo·ple

Dispeople

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Dispeopled; p. pr. & vb. n. Dispeopling

  1. To deprive of inhabitants; to depopulate.
    Leave the land dispeopled and desolate.
    — Sir T. More.
    A certain island long before dispeopled . . . by sea rivers.