| 释义 |
deˈpopulatory, a. rare.
[f. as prec.: see -ory.]
Characterized by or tending to depopulation.
1864G. A. Sala in Daily Tel. 29 Sept., The Richmond Sentinel calls the depopulatory decree ‘an event unparalleled in the American war’..‘Sherman’, it continues, ‘has given the war a new feature’. |