'Depopulation' definitions:
Definition of 'depopulation'
(from WordNet)
noun
The condition of having reduced numbers of inhabitants (or no inhabitants at all)
Definition of 'Depopulation'
From: GCIDE
- Depopulation \De*pop`u*la"tion\, n. [L. depopulatio pillaging: cf. F. d['e]population depopulation.] The act of depopulating, or condition of being depopulated; destruction or explusion of inhabitants. [1913 Webster]
- The desolation and depopulation [of St.Quentin] were now complete. --Motley. [1913 Webster]