depeople

[ dee-pee-puh l ]
/ diˈpi pəl /

verb (used with object), de·peo·pled, de·peo·pling.

to depopulate.

Origin of depeople

First recorded in 1605–15; de- + people

Words nearby depeople

dependent clause, dependent drainage, dependent edema, dependent personality, dependent variable, depeople, deperm, depersonalization, depersonalize, depew, dephosphorylate

Example sentences from the Web for depeople

  • Nay, it needs no such stupendous cataclysm to depeople this uneasy orb.

    A Cynic Looks at Life |Ambrose Bierce