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depopulator
de·pop·u·late D0143800 (dē-pŏp′yə-lāt′)tr.v. de·pop·u·lat·ed, de·pop·u·lat·ing, de·pop·u·lates To reduce sharply the population of, as by disease, war, or forcible relocation.
[Latin dēpopulāri, dēpopulāt-, to lay waste : dē-, de- + populārī, to ravage (from populus, people, throng).]
de·pop′u·la′tion n.de·pop′u·la′tor n.depopulator (diːˈpɒpjʊˌleɪtə) n (Sociology) a thing that causes a decrease in populationThesaurusSeedepopulate |