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deplete
/ dɪˈpliːt /
verb
- to use up (supplies, money, energy, etc); reduce or exhaust
- to empty entirely or partially
- med to empty or reduce the fluid contents of (an organ or vessel)
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Derived Forms
- deˈpletive, adjective
- deˈpletable, adjective
- deˈpletion, noun
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Other Words From
- de·pleta·ble adjective
- de·pletion noun
- de·pletive de·ple·to·ry [dih-, plee, -t, uh, -ree], adjective
- nonde·pleta·ble adjective
- nonde·pletion noun
- nonde·pletive adjective
- nonde·pleto·ry adjective
- prede·plete verb (used with object) predepleted predepleting
- prede·pletion noun
- unde·pleted adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of deplete1
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Example Sentences
And now, the plan is not only to decimate public-sector unions, but all unions—to deplete the money they can spend on politics.
However, things like stress, illness, and environmental pollution all deplete your levels.
I would deplete the government—forage, as it were, on the enemy—thereby to fatten my purse.
They affirm that to lower all rates to this "compelled" competitive level, would deplete their revenues and lead to bankruptcy.
If she sends them into port she must deplete her engine-room complement and thereby gravely impair her own efficiency.
Because to over-tire an immature faculty is to deplete its vital resources of development.
The sooner they can deplete the national treasury, the sooner can they become masters of the situation.
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