減絕居民;減少人口
Dispeople \Dis*peo"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dispeopled}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Dispeopling}.] [Pref. dis- + people: cf. F.
d['e]peupler.]
To deprive of inhabitants; to depopulate.
Leave the land dispeopled and desolate. --Sir T. More.
A certain island long before dispeopled . . . by sea
rivers. --Milton.