depopulation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the condition of having reduced numbers of inhabitants (or no inhabitants at all)

WordNet

De*pop`u*la"tion noun
Etymology
L. depopulatio pillaging: cf. F. dépopulation depopulation.
Definitions
  1. The act of depopulating, or condition of being depopulated; destruction or explusion of inhabitants.
    The desolation and depopulation [of St.Quentin] were now complete. Motley.

Webster 1913