Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
the condition of having reduced numbers of inhabitants (or no inhabitants at all);
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Depopulation \De*pop`u*la"tion\, n. [L. depopulatio pillaging:
cf. F. d['e]population depopulation.]
The act of depopulating, or condition of being depopulated;
destruction or explusion of inhabitants.
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The desolation and depopulation [of St.Quentin] were
now complete. --Motley.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
depopulation
n 1: the condition of having reduced numbers of inhabitants (or
no inhabitants at all)
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):
DEPOPULATION. In its most proper signification, is the destruction of the
people of a country or place. This word is, however, taken rather in a
passive than an active one; we say depopulation, to designate a diminution
of inhabitants, arising either from violent causes, or the want of
multiplication. Vide 12 Co. 30.