depopulate in Dutch
depopulate in Dutch is ontvolken — depopulate means to greatly reduce the number of people living in an area, for example through war, disease or forced removal.
depopulate in Dutch
ontvolken
(transitive) To reduce the population of a region by disease, war, forced relocation etc.
What does "depopulate" mean?
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verb To greatly reduce the number of people living in an area, for example through war, disease or forced removal.
"The agricultural modernization of the 1950s and 1960s, the migration of the sons and daughters of peasants to the cities, had been steadily depleting and depopulating the French countryside."
- verb (electronics) To take the parts off a circuit board.
- verb To lose most or all of its people.
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- The agricultural modernization of the 1950s and 1960s, the migration of the sons and daughters of peasants to the cities, had been steadily depleting and depopulating the French countryside.
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What is "depopulate" in Dutch?
"depopulate" in Dutch is ontvolken. depopulate means: To greatly reduce the number of people living in an area, for example through war, disease or forced removal.
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