Depopulating

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of depopulate form-of, gerund, participle, present

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culldemographic-decreasingdepopulatedepopulateddepopulated regiondepopulation

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"Terrorist organizations like the Islamic State focused on depopulating vast areas in Syria and Iraq."

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