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DEPOPULATED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does depopulated mean?
• DEPOPULATED (adjective)
The adjective DEPOPULATED has 1 sense:
1. having lost inhabitants as by war or disease
Familiarity information: DEPOPULATED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having lost inhabitants as by war or disease
Context example:
the 15th century plagues left vast areas of Europe depopulated
Similar:
uninhabited (not having inhabitants; not lived in)
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