Sentence examples for be depopulated from inspiring English sources
verb
To reduce the population of a region by disease, war, forced relocation etc.
Eventually, the whole ghetto would be depopulated and the area would be declared Judenrein (Jew-free).
By the later 2nd century some Roman leaders perceived the countryside to be depopulated.
"There will be portions of Africa," he added, that "will be depopulated of women.
This made it possible to distribute $2.6m in compensation to ranchers whose herds now have to be "depopulated".
Israelis are familiar with the ruins, terraces, and orchards that mark these sites today - almost half are located within tourist areas or national parks - but public descriptions rarely acknowledge that Arab communities existed there within living memory or describe how they came to be depopulated.
We do not know what are the casualties incurred in the week's fighting that started last Saturday morning; but we do know that heavy sacrifices of life and limb must be made at every "push," and that a town must be depopulated of its young men for every village gained.
Their territories were depopulated and devastated.
The towns have dwindled because the countryside has been depopulated.
If a market tests positive, it is depopulated and thoroughly cleaned and disinfected.
Our satellite images strongly suggest that thereafter, these neighborhoods were depopulated, at least through December 2007.
"As a result," said Eryani, "the countryside was depopulated of manpower".
