depopulate
🇬🇧/ˌdiːˈpɒpjuleɪt/ 🇺🇸/ˌdiːˈpɑːpjuleɪt/VCE 41To depopulate an area means to greatly reduce the number of people living there. 使(某地)人口减少
verb [vt. 及物动词]使人口减少
The famine threatened to depopulate the continent.
饥荒威胁着该大陆人口数量。
verb [vi. 不及物动词]人口减少
Keep in mind: at the start of this century, many experts predicted that AIDS would depopulate the African region, raising the prospect of state failure in the hardest-hit places.
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