depopulate

• Bevölkerung eines Gebiets stark verringern, oft gewaltsam oder durch Vertreibung; ein Gebiet seiner Einwohner berauben.

A verb used to indicate the act of reducing the population of a place, often drastically or through force.

1. Reduce populationC1formal

   To greatly reduce the number of people living in a place, often through war, disease, or migration.

   entvölkern

   • The plague depopulated entire villages in the 14th century.
   • War has depopulated many rural areas in the region.
   • Economic decline can depopulate a city as people move away.

   Synonymeannihilatedecimatedesolateexterminatewipe out