[
US
/ˌdipɑpjəˈɫeɪʃən, dɪˌpɑpjəˈɫeɪʃən/
]
[ UK /diːpˌɒpjʊlˈeɪʃən/ ]
[ UK /diːpˌɒpjʊlˈeɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
- the condition of having reduced numbers of inhabitants (or no inhabitants at all)
How To Use depopulation In A Sentence
- Now, however, the great Latin cities fell prey to widespread depopulation, economic decline, and physical decay.
- There will be countries and regions that will suffer long-term depopulation due to low fertility and emigration - but a combination of the two phenomena is mostly concentrated in eastern Europe, particularly in eastern Germany, Bulgaria and Ukraine. British Blogs
- The forest is new: the ultimate victor in the conflicts, economic collapse and depopulation of the late nineteenth century.
- The biggest challenge facing the agency is the depopulation and economic decline in peripheral areas.
- He argued forcefully against the depopulation of rural villages.
- They seem to envisage an irreversible downward spiral leading to the depopulation of Australia.
- With the birth rate half of that in 1990 and mortality 50% higher, the country is threatened with rapid depopulation.
- He claimed that such a scheme would help prevent further rural depopulation.
- The Roman Empire seems to have collapsed largely because of depopulation and epidemics.
- Tunguska event"; fire and "depopulation" - "An ear-piercing" whistling "sound, which might be understood as being a manifestation of the electrophonic phenomena which have been discussed in WGN over the past few years; the sun appearing to be" blood-red "before the explosion. Signs of the Times