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de·pop·u·late
(dē-pŏp′yə-lāt′)tr.v. de·pop·u·lat·ed, de·pop·u·lat·ing, de·pop·u·lates
To reduce sharply the population of, as by disease, war, or forcible relocation.
[Latin dēpopulāri, dēpopulāt-, to lay waste : dē-, de- + populārī, to ravage (from populus, people, throng).]
de·pop′u·la′tion n.
de·pop′u·la′tor n.
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Noun 1. depopulation - the condition of having reduced numbers of inhabitants (or no inhabitants at all)
environmental condition - the state of the environment
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Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
depopulation
[ˌdiːpɒpjʊˈleɪʃən] n [area] → dépopulation f, dépeuplement mrural depopulation → dépeuplement m des campagnes
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depopulation
n → Entvölkerung f
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