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depopulation

noun
/diːˌpɒ.pjəˈleɪ.ʃən/UK/diˌpɑ.pjəˈleɪ.ʃən/US

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English depopulacion (also spelled depopulacyoun, depopolacion), borrowed from Latin dēpopulātiō. By surface analysis, depopulate + -ion.

  1. derived from dēpopulātiō
  2. inherited from depopulacion

Definitions

  1. The act of depopulating or condition of being depopulated

    The act of depopulating or condition of being depopulated; the destruction or expulsion of inhabitants.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for depopulation. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA