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Learn to pronounce de·plete

/dəˈplēt/
verb
use up the supply or resources of.
"reservoirs have been depleted by years of drought"
synonyms: exhaust, use up, consume, expend, spend, drain, empty, sap, milk, suck dry, evacuate, reduce, decrease, diminish, lessen, lower, attenuate, slim down, pare down, cut back, bleed, slash

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What does deplete mean?
depleted; depleting. : to reduce in amount by using up : exhaust especially of strength or resources.
What's another word for deplete?
Some common synonyms of deplete are bankrupt, drain, exhaust, and impoverish. While all these words mean "to deprive of something essential to existence or potency," deplete implies a reduction in number or quantity so as to endanger the ability to function.
Oct 25, 2024
What does it mean when someone is depleting?
To deplete is to use up or consume a limited resource. Visiting relatives might deplete your refrigerator of food, or a pestering friend might deplete your patience. The verb deplete is used like “to drain.” A long, exhausting day can deplete your body of energy and a summer drought can deplete a region's water supply.
What is the simple meaning of depletion?
a reduction in something, or the act of reducing it: Increased expenditure has caused a depletion in capital. When stock markets crashed the life funds suffered huge depletion of their reserves. (Definition of depletion from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
1. to empty of a principal substance; The lake was depleted of water. depleting the country of its natural resources. 2. to lessen markedly in quantity, ...
to reduce something in size or amount, esp. supplies, energy, or money: Acid rain depletes the region's fish stocks.
To deplete is to use up or consume a limited resource. Visiting relatives might deplete your refrigerator of food, or a pestering friend might deplete your ...
to use most or all of (something important) : to greatly reduce the amount of (something) Activities such as logging and mining deplete our natural resources.
Verb ... (transitive, intransitive) To empty or unload, as the vessels of the human system, by bloodletting or by medicine.
verb (used with object). , de·plet·ed, de·plet·ing. to decrease seriously or exhaust the abundance or supply of: The fire had depleted the game in the forest.
deplete in British English · 1. to use up (supplies, money, energy, etc); reduce or exhaust · 2. to empty entirely or partially · 3. medicine.
Oct 25, 2024 · Some common synonyms of deplete are bankrupt, drain, exhaust, and impoverish. While all these words mean "to deprive of something essential to ...
There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb deplete. See 'Meaning & use' for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
deplete · bankrupt · decrease · diminish · drain · empty · expend · impoverish · lessen · reduce · sap · squander · undermine · use up · weaken. Strong matches.