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de·plete       [di-pleet] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object), -plet·ed, -plet·ing.
to decrease seriously or exhaust the abundance or supply of: The fire had depleted the game in the forest. Extravagant spending soon depleted his funds.
[Origin: 1800–10; < L déplétus empty (ptp. of déplére to empty out), equiv. to dé- de- + plé(re) to fill + -tus ptp. suffix]

—Related forms
de·plet·a·ble, adjective
de·ple·tion, noun
de·ple·tive, de·ple·to·ry       [di-plee-tuh-ree] Pronunciation Key, adjective

—Synonyms use up, drain, reduce, consume, lessen.
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de·plete       (dĭ-plēt')  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   de·plet·ed, de·plet·ing, de·pletes
To decrease the fullness of; use up or empty out.


[Latin dēplēre, dēplēt-, to empty : dē-, de- + plēre, to fill; see pelə-1 in Indo-European roots.]

de·plet'a·ble adj.
Synonyms: These verbs all mean to weaken severely by removing something essential. Deplete refers to using up gradually and only hints at harmful consequences: The campers' food supply was quickly depleted.
Drain suggests gradual drawing off and harm: War often drains a nation's economy.
Exhaust stresses reduction to a point of uselessness: "The resources of civilization are not yet exhausted" (William Ewart Gladstone).
Impoverish refers to severe reduction of resources or essential qualities: "His death has eclipsed the gaiety of nations, and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure" (Samuel Johnson).
Enervate refers to weakening or destruction of vitality or strength: Idleness enervates the will to succeed.

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depleted

adjective
no longer sufficient; "supplies are low"; "our funds are depleted" 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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