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
For all I knew, they endured similar privation every summer, but it was hard not to suppose that the coronavirus-induced human exodus from the city had depleted their food supply.
How a sickly squirrel offered me unexpected comfort | Pam Spritzer | February 8, 2021 | Washington PostHe was forced to scramble from the pocket regularly while playing behind a patchwork, injury-depleted offensive line and managed only 67 first-half passing yards.
Buccaneers defeat Chiefs in Super Bowl LV, 31-9, as Tom Brady claims his seventh championship | Mark Maske | February 8, 2021 | Washington PostIn a second test launch from Kodiak, Alaska, in December, Astra’s rocket failed to reach Earth’s orbit after the upper stage engine depleted its fuel seconds too early, preventing the vehicle from reaching orbit velocity.
Rocket startup Astra to go public in race for commercial space | Hamza Shaban | February 2, 2021 | Washington PostWe are depleted, perhaps from making so many decisions about so many things with so much to lose if we misstep.
Coronavirus is testing those of us with anxiety. We need to have mental health help available when the pandemic ends. | Sarah Vander Schaaff | January 30, 2021 | Washington PostThe story takes place in a futuristic world where resources are depleted and a crew of scientists must journey to the moon to get their hands on samples from an abandoned facility.
And now, the plan is not only to decimate public-sector unions, but all unions—to deplete the money they can spend on politics.
The Next Phase of the Koch Brothers’ War on Unions | Carl Deal and Tia Lessin | December 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHowever, things like stress, illness, and environmental pollution all deplete your levels.
5 Healthier Ways to Detox (That Aren’t Juice Cleanses) | DailyBurn | February 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI would deplete the government—forage, as it were, on the enemy—thereby to fatten my purse.
The Onlooker, Volume 1, Part 2 | VariousThey affirm that to lower all rates to this "compelled" competitive level, would deplete their revenues and lead to bankruptcy.
Railroads: Rates and Regulations | William Z. RipleyIf she sends them into port she must deplete her engine-room complement and thereby gravely impair her own efficiency.
Naval Warfare | James R. ThursfieldBecause to over-tire an immature faculty is to deplete its vital resources of development.
Feminism and Sex-Extinction | Arabella KenealyThe sooner they can deplete the national treasury, the sooner can they become masters of the situation.
Monopolies and the People | D. C. Cloud
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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