Examples of depopulate in a Sentence
Large areas of the country had been depopulated by disease.
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The campaign would mirror the one in Gaza, in which Israeli forces flattened and largely depopulated the eastern half of the Palestinian territory, Katz said on Tuesday.
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The city was largely destroyed and mostly depopulated during the war, and is now in the half of Gaza that is under full Israeli control.
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Alison Herman, Variety, 26 Mar. 2026
The campaign would mirror the one in Gaza, in which Israeli forces flattened and largely depopulated the eastern half of the Palestinian territory, Katz said on Tuesday.
—ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
The properties have been quarantined and the birds will be depopulated to prevent further disease spread, according to news releases from the state Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection.
—Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 6 Mar. 2026
The city was largely destroyed and mostly depopulated during the war, and is now in the half of Gaza that is under full Israeli control.
—Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
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“Depopulate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/depopulate. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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depopulate
verb
de·pop·u·late
(ˈ)dē-ˈpäp-yə-ˌlāt 
: to reduce greatly the population of (as a city or region) by destroying or driving away the inhabitants
depopulated by plague
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