depopulate

v. மக்கள் தொகையைக் குறைவாக்கு, மக்கள் தொகை குறையப்பெறு, குடியிருப்பவர்களை இல்லாமற் செய், (பெயரடை) மக்கள் தொகை குறைக்கப்பட்ட, மக்கள் தொகை அருகிய, குடியழிந்த.

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De*pop"u*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Depopulated; p. pr. & vb. n. Depopulating.] Etym: [L. depopulatus, p. p. of depopulari to ravage; de- + populari to ravage, fr. populus people: cf. OF. depopuler, F. dépeupler. See People.] Defn: 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 Shak. Note: It is not synonymous with laying waste or destroying, being limited to the loss of inhabitants; as, an army or a famine may depopulate a country. It rarely expresses an entire loss of inhabitants, but often a great diminution of their numbers; as, the deluge depopulated the earth. De*pop"u*late, v. i. Defn: To become dispeopled. [R.] Whether the country be depopulating or not. Goldsmith.