About The Word Deplete
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Deplete
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What's The Definition Of Deplete?
[v] use up, as of resources or materials; "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Deplete: consume | eat | eat up | exhaust | run through | use up | wipe out Related Terms | Find terms related to Deplete: ablate | absorb | assimilate | bankrupt | bleed | bleed white | blow | blow out | burn up | clean out | clear | clear away | clear off | clear out | clear the decks | consume | cripple | debilitate | decrease | defecate | depreciate | dig into | digest | diminish | disable | dissipate | drain | drain of resources | draw | draw down | draw off | dribble away | dry up | eat | eat up | eliminate | empty | empty out | enfeeble | erode | evacuate | exhaust | expend | finish | finish off | gobble | gobble up | impoverish | ingest | lessen | milk | purge | reduce | remove | sap | scour out | shrink | spend | squander | suck dry | swallow | swallow up | sweep out | unclog | undermine | unfoul | use up | vent | void | wash up | waste | waste away | weaken | wear | wear away See Also | burn | burn off | burn up | drain | drop | expend | indulge | luxuriate | play out | run down | run out | sap | spend | tire Deplete In Webster's Dictionary \De*plete"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Depleted}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Depleting}.] [From L. deplere to empty out; de- +
plere to fill. Forined like replete, complete. See {Fill},
{Full}, a.]
1. (Med.) To empty or unload, as the vessels of human system,
by bloodletting or by medicine. --Copland.
2. To reduce by destroying or consuming the vital powers of;
to exhaust, as a country of its strength or resources, a
treasury of money, etc. --Saturday Review.
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