DISPEOPLE
Etymology
Verb
dispeople (third-person singular simple present dispeoples, present participle dispeopling, simple past and past participle dispeopled)
(transitive) To empty of people or inhabitants.
Synonyms
• depopulate
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*peo"ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dispeopled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Dispeopling.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + people: cf. F. dépeupler.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition