dis·peo·ple /(ˌ)dɪsˈpipəl/
  (v.)減絕居民;減少人口
  Dis·peo·ple v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dispeopled p. pr. & vb. n. Dispeopling ]  To deprive of inhabitants; to depopulate.
     Leave the land dispeopled and desolate.   --Sir T. More.
     A certain island long before dispeopled . . . by sea rivers.   --Milton.
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