unˈpopulate, v.
[un-2 4.]
trans. To depopulate.
| 1658 Cokaine Trappolin iv. ii, It is a frequent thing..To have the Plague..rage and even unpopulate places. 1880 Cornh. Mag. Dec. 673 The growth of manufactures..had been unpopulating the country to swell the towns. |