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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Depopulation

/dĭp-äpˌ-yəl-āsh'-ən/ · De·pop·u·la·tion · IPA /diˌpɑ.pjəˈleɪ.ʃən/
01 n. The act of depopulating, or condition of being depopulated; destruction or explusion of inhabitants.
  1. 1.
    The act of depopulating, or condition of being depopulated; destruction or explusion of inhabitants.
    “The desolation and depopulation [of St.Quentin] were now complete.” Motley.