depopulation

Noun

Meaning

The act of depopulating, or condition of being depopulated; destruction or explusion of inhabitants.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

exodus flight empty collapse migration displacement pilgrimage depletion devastation annihilation outflow desertion desolation deforestation depopulate
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Antonyms

galaxy approach advent appearance introduction coming
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Hypernyms

environmental condition

Related terms

depopulate depopulator depopulacy depopulative depopulant

Examples

Farmers have animals with nowhere to go as a result, and the situation is so dire that the U.S. Department of Agriculture is setting up a center to help growers with “depopulation and disposal methods” for animals. Source: Internet

Boris Godunov 's (Борис Годунов) reign ended in chaos, civil war combined with foreign intrusion, devastation of many cities and depopulation of the rural regions. Source: Internet

Colchester had suffered more severe depopulation, but manufacturing records for cloth suggested that production had recovered or even increased by 1669, and the total population had nearly returned to pre-plague levels by 1674. Source: Internet

Born To Die, p. 13. Cruel systems of forced labor (such as encomiendas and mining industry's mita ) under Spanish control also contributed to depopulation. Source: Internet

Although many of the workers moved away as the war effort wound down, some of them moved to Richland, offsetting the depopulation that might otherwise have occurred. Source: Internet

Collins, Visigothic Spain 409–711 (2006) The most visible effect was the depopulation of the cities as they moved to the countryside. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

depopularize depopulate depopulated depopulative depopulator deport