unpeople C2+ Topic:People & Society US /ʌnˈpiːpəl/ UK /ʌnˈpiːpəl/ See IPA manual Freq #507491 Meanings 1 verb to remove the inhabitants from a place or cause it to become deserted War can unpeople an entire region within months. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 verb · to remove the inhabitants... depopulateemptydesolate ↔ Opposites populatesettleinhabit Word family Forms unpeopled Derived forms unpeopledunpeopling Related forms peoplepopulationdepopulation Etymology Formed from un- in its reversing or depriving sense and the verb people, meaning 'to populate.' The rare literary verb therefore means to strip a place of its people or inhabitants. Topics People & Society External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # unpeople **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** verb **IPA (US):** /ʌnˈpiːpəl/ **IPA (UK):** /ʌnˈpiːpəl/ **Frequency rank:** 507491 ## Meanings 1. to remove the inhabitants from a place or cause it to become deserted ## Examples - War can unpeople an entire region within months. ## Synonyms - depopulate - empty - desolate ## Antonyms - populate - settle - inhabit ## Derived Forms - unpeopled - unpeopling ## Related Forms - people - population - depopulation ## Etymology Formed from un- in its reversing or depriving sense and the verb people, meaning 'to populate.' The rare literary verb therefore means to strip a place of its people or inhabitants. ## Topics - People & Society markdown