deplete
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 of deplete
1Other words for deplete
Other words from deplete
- de·plet·a·ble, adjective
- de·ple·tion, noun
- de·ple·tive, de·ple·to·ry [dih-plee-tuh-ree], /dɪˈpli tə ri/, adjective
- non·de·plet·a·ble, adjective
- non·de·ple·tion, noun
- non·de·ple·tive, adjective
- non·de·ple·to·ry, adjective
- pre·de·plete, verb (used with object), pre·de·plet·ed, pre·de·plet·ing.
- pre·de·ple·tion, noun
- un·de·plet·ed, adjective
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How to use deplete in a sentence
The full debt—or savings depletion—that families incur; not just student debt.
How to Reinvent College Rankings: Show the Data Students Need Most | Steve Cohen | March 24, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe depletion of the Medicare Trust Fund had nothing to do with it.
MDS is a relatively rare condition that can lead to a depletion of red or white blood cells, anemia, heavy bleeding.
How Robin Roberts’ Breast Cancer Treatment Could Cause More Cancer | Casey Schwartz | June 12, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTA similar depletion can be observed over on the celebrity front.
A long, dreamless sleep took instant charge of him, for he was exhausted to a state of utter depletion.
The Wave | Algernon Blackwood
Four people at table means a depletion of your smoked meat and a dipping occasionally into the corned-beef barrel.
Ruth Fielding At College | Alice B. EmersonAnd so, with little acquisitions of powder, and steady depletion, Washington was never for a day properly supplied.
The Siege of Boston | Allen FrenchThis species has been highly commended as a remedy in dysentery after due depletion, diarrhea, menorrhagia, and leucorrhea.
The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees | James MooneyThese affections of the brain and nervous system are aggravated by depletion.
British Dictionary definitions for deplete
/ (dɪˈpliːt) /
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)
Origin of deplete
1Derived forms of deplete
- depletable, adjective
- depletion, noun
- depletive or depletory, adjective
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