as in to depopulate
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They are often depopulated, shot painstakingly on large-format film and in color.—
Christopher Bonanos,
Curbed,
3 Sep. 2025 -
The killings left historical eastern Poland so depopulated of Poles that the Soviet government deported the remainder and shifted Poland and Ukraine’s borders westward.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
25 Aug. 2025
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“Unpeople.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpeople. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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