depopulate

verb · adjectiveB2

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

depopulates

V_ing/Gerund

depopulating

V_ed/pp

depopulated

1.
(transitive)To reduce the population of a region by disease, war, forced relocation etc.
Đồng nghĩa: depeople, desolate, dispeople, unpeople, unpopulate
2.
(transitive)(transitive, electronics) To remove the components from a circuit board.
3.
(intransitive)To become depopulated, to lose its population.

Tính từ

adjective

1.
(not comparable, obsolete)(as a participle) Depopulated (sense 1).
2.
(not comparable, obsolete)(as a participial adjective) Barren, devoid of inhabitants; utterly destroyed, devastated .

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

depeopledesolatedispeopleunpeople unpopulate

Cùng gốc / liên quan

depopulativedepopulantdepopulationdepopulatordepeople

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Nguồn gốc từ

1531; Latin dēpopulātus, perfect active participle of dēpopulor (see -ate and -ate). Compare depeople, dépeupler, spopolare, despoblar, despovoar and despopora; de- populate. Participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.