Decrease and Depopulate

Decrease

Decrease verb - To make smaller in amount, volume, or extent.

Depopulate and decrease are semantically related. In some cases you can replace term "Depopulate" with "Decrease", this verbs are similar.

Nearby Words: decreased, decreasing, decrement, decremented

Depopulate

Depopulate verb - Reduce in population.

Decrease and depopulate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Decrease" instead a verb "Depopulate".

Nearby Words: depopulation, depopulating
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