1. to deprive of people; to reduce or eliminate the population of a place
Usage: archaic or literary; third person singular present tense of 'dispeople'

Examples

• War and famine dispeoplе the once-thriving city.
• The plague dispeoplеs entire regions within months.
• Economic collapse dispeoplеs rural villages as residents migrate to urban centers.
• The invading army dispeoplеs the conquered territories through forced exile.
• Disease dispeoplеs the island, leaving only ruins behind.