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Synonyms for depopulate

All synonyms

Verb

1. Desolate — to reduce the population of a region by disease, war, forced relocation etc

desolate, unpeople, dispeople, depeople, unpopulate

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To reduce the population of a region by disease, war, forced relocation etc.

Related words

Word family
depeople

Forms

Past participle
depopulated
e.g. depopulated → desolated, unpeopled, dispeopled, depeopled…

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
depopulatesteady
unpeoplesteady
dispeoplesteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

8 letters
desolate3, unpeople, depeople
9 letters
dispeople
10 letters
unpopulate

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (desolate3 = 3 syllables).