(transitive) To reduce the population of a region by disease, war, forced relocation etc. / (transitive, electronics) To remove the components from a circuit board.

(obsolete) Depopulated.

(grammar) A subordinate clause.

(firefighting, US) An organization, often part of a local government, whose purpose is preventing and putting out fires. May provide other emergency services as well.

(grammar, of a verb) Having passive grammatical form (that is, conjugating like the passive voice), but an active meaning.

(law) A witness; especially one who gives information under oath, in a deposition concerning facts known to him or her. / (grammar) A deponent verb.

(uncountable) The state or condition of being depraved; moral debasement. / (countable) A particular depraved act or trait.

An arrangement or classification of things. / An implementation, or putting into use, of something. / The distribution of military forces prior to battle. / (parachuting) the start of something

a way of life characterized by a dependency on state benefits

A state of dependence; a refusal to exercise initiative. / Something dependent on, or subordinate to, something else: / A colony, or a territory subject to rule by an external power.