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unpopulate

unpopulate verb: to reduce or remove the population of.

Verb

unpopulate (third-person singular simple present unpopulates, present participle unpopulating, simple past and past participle unpopulated)

  1. (transitive) To reduce or remove the population of.
    Synonyms:
    depopulate

Synonyms of unpopulate

Forms of unpopulate

third-person singular presentunpopulates
present participleunpopulating
past participleunpopulated
pastunpopulated

Origin of unpopulate

From un- + populate.

Questions about unpopulate

What does unpopulate mean?
Unpopulate means to reduce or remove the population of.
What part of speech is unpopulate?
Unpopulate is a verb.
What is the past tense of unpopulate?
The past tense of unpopulate is unpopulated.

Words near unpopulate in the dictionary

  1. unpopularize
  2. unpopularized
  3. unpopularizes
  4. unpopularizing
  5. unpopularly
  6. unpopulate
  7. unpopulated
  8. unpopulates
  9. unpopulating
  10. unpopulous
  11. unpopulousness

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