depopulated

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As the scarcity of food increased with the devastation of the depopulated areas of production, destitution and want became misery and starvation.

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  • Africa would be depopulated, along with all the prisons in Texas. —  F ;SF; - vol 101 issue 06 - December 2001
  • Whole districts had been depopulated, and many marvelous species turned to myth by his arrows and brass bound club. —  F ;SF; - vol 091 issue 01 - July 1996
  • It feels depopulated, as if the normal hustle and bustle of the city had been told pack it in for the night and go home. —  pf.org
  • Then want and hunger overtake the ants that have reveled in luxury all the wet season; many of the thorns are depopulated, and only a few ants live through the season of scarcity. —  Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7
  • Extensive tracts of land were nearly depopulated, and the few remaining tillers of the soil obtained a precarious subsistence, at the mercy of banditti that infested the mountains and forests, and plundered unfortunate travellers. —  The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2)
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