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unpeople

[ uhn-pee-puhl ]

verb (used with object)

, un·peo·pled, un·peo·pling.
  1. to deprive of people; person; depopulate.


unpeople

/ ʌnˈpiːpəl /

verb

  1. tr to empty of people
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of unpeople1

First recorded in 1525–35; un- 2 + people
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Example Sentences

Could it be received into common belief, suicide would unpeople the planet.

And is it not fit and equal that God should unchurch us and unpeople us?

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