to vacate; to abandon; to depopulate
1. to leave a place where one lived; to move out of a residence
The family decided to desabitar the old house after fifty years.
A família decidiu desabitar a casa antiga após cinquenta anos.
2. to cause a place to become uninhabited; to depopulate
Economic crisis led people to desabitar the rural areas.
A crise econômica levou as pessoas a desabitarem as áreas rurais.
3. to remove inhabitants from a location
The government had to desabitar the region due to environmental hazards.
O governo teve que desabitar a região devido aos perigos ambientais.
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