Antonyms for depopulate
diˈpɒp yəˌleɪtde·pop·u·late

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. depopulate

   Antonyms:
   occupy, tenant, colonize, inhabit, settle, replenish, stock, fill

   Synonyms:
   waste, dispeople, desert, abandon, unpeople

Matched Categories

1. • Shrink

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. depopulate, desolateverb

   reduce in population

   "The epidemic depopulated the countryside"

   Synonyms:
   waste, ravage, devastate, desert, abandon, scourge, lay waste to, forsake, desolate

How to use depopulate in a sentence?

1. David Petraeus:

   They will just pummel the city ; they will destroy( it) section by section. They will starve the people out, depopulate it.

2. John McCain:

   John McCain said. Last weekend, the Obama administration sent six Guantanamo Bay detainees to Uruguay for resettlement as refugees as part of Guantanamo Bay plan to depopulate the camp prior to its closure. Four of the former detainees -- Ahmed Adnan Ahjam, Ali Hussain Shaabaan, Omar Mahmoud Faraj, and Jihad Diyab -- are Syrian nationals, while Abdul Bin Mohammed Abis Ourgy is Tunisian, and Mohammed Tahanmatan is Palestinian, according to Pentagon press secretary Rear Adm. John Kirby. RELATED : GOP congressman : We' ought to rethink' Gitmo transfer policy I just don't think that is trustworthy, i am very concerned.

How to pronounce depopulate?

How to say depopulate in sign language?

Words popularity by usage frequency