depopulation
Plural: depopulations
Noun
- the condition of having reduced numbers of inhabitants (or no inhabitants at all)
- The act of depopulating or condition of being depopulated; the destruction or expulsion of inhabitants.
Origin / Etymology
Inherited from Middle English depopulacion (also spelled depopulacyoun, depopolacion), borrowed from Latin dēpopulātiō. By surface analysis, depopulate + -ion.
Scrabble Score: 17
depopulation: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Worddepopulation: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
depopulation: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 22
depopulation: valid Words With Friends Word