depopulate

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++de·pop·u·late /ˌdiːˈpɒpjəleɪt $ -ˈpɑːp-/ verb [transitive]  REDUCEto greatly reduce the number of people living in a particular area 大大减少〔某一地区〕的人口 Disease depopulated the whole region. 疾病使整个地区人口大量减少。 —depopulation /diːˌpɒpjəˈleɪʃən $ -ˌpɑːp-/ noun [uncountable]

Examples from the Corpus

depopulate• She wants to depopulate the earth and liberate the plants.

de·pop·u·late verbChineseSyllable  

to the greatly living of number people in Corpus reduce

depopulate
de‧pop‧u‧late /ˌdiːˈpɒpjəleɪt, ˌdiːˈpɒpjʊleɪt $ -ˈpɑːp-/ verb [transitive usually passive]
to greatly reduce the number of people living in a particular area:
    Disease depopulated the whole region.
—depopulation /diːˌpɒpjəˈleɪʃən, diːˌpɒpjʊˈleɪʃən $ -ˌpɑːp-/ noun [uncountable]

de·popu·lateBrE /ˌdiːˈpɒpjuleɪt/ 🔊NAmE /ˌdiːˈpɑːpjuleɪt/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they depopulate BrE /ˌdiːˈpɒpjuleɪt/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌdiːˈpɑːpjuleɪt/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it depopulates BrE /ˌdiːˈpɒpjuleɪts/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌdiːˈpɑːpjuleɪts/ 🔊past simple depopulated BrE /ˌdiːˈpɒpjuleɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌdiːˈpɑːpjuleɪtɪd/ 🔊past participle depopulated BrE /ˌdiːˈpɒpjuleɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌdiːˈpɑːpjuleɪtɪd/ 🔊 -ing form depopulating BrE /ˌdiːˈpɒpjuleɪtɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌdiːˈpɑːpjuleɪtɪŋ/ 🔊 [usually passive] ~ sth to reduce the number of people living in a place 使人口减少◆Whole stretches of land were laid waste and depopulated. 一片片土地荒芜，人口减少。🔊🔊▸ de·popu·la·tion BrE /ˌdiːˌpɒpjuˈleɪʃn/ 🔊NAmE /ˌdiːˌpɑːpjuˈleɪʃn/ 🔊 noun [uncountable]