deplete

de·plete  (d-plt)

tr.v. de·plet·ed, de·plet·ing, de·pletes

To decrease the fullness of; use up or empty out.

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[Latin dplre, dplt-, to empty : d-, de- + plre, to fill; see pel-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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de·pleta·ble adj.

Synonyms: deplete, drain, exhaust, impoverish, enervate
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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deplete [dɪˈpliːt]

vb (tr)

1. to use up (supplies, money, energy, etc.); reduce or exhaust

2. to empty entirely or partially

3. (Medicine) Med to empty or reduce the fluid contents of (an organ or vessel)

[from Latin dēplēre to empty out, from de- + plēre to fill]

depletable  adj

depletion  n

depletive , depletory adj

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

deplete - use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week" use up, wipe out, eat up, exhaust, run through, consume, eat run out - exhaust the supply of; "We ran out of time just as the discussion was getting interesting" drain - deplete of resources; "The exercise class drains me of energy" luxuriate, indulge - enjoy to excess; "She indulges in ice cream" burn off, burn up, burn - use up (energy); "burn off calories through vigorous exercise" expend, spend, drop - pay out; "spend money" spend - spend completely; "I spend my pocket money in two days" take, use up, occupy - require (time or space); "It took three hours to get to work this morning"; "This event occupied a very short time" play out, sap, tire, exhaust, run down - deplete; "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength"

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deplete

verb use up, reduce, drain, exhaust, consume, empty, decrease, evacuate, lessen, impoverish, expend substances that deplete the ozone layer
increase, raise, expand, add to, enhance, swell, step up (informal), augment

Translations

deplete [dɪˈpliːt] VT (= reduce) → mermar; (= exhaust totally) → agotar
stocks have been depleted by overfishing → la fauna marina se ha visto mermada debido a una actividad pesquera desmesurada
substances that deplete the ozone layer → sustancias que destruyen la capa de ozono
Lee's exhausted and depleted army → el ejército cansado y diezmado de Lee
that holiday rather depleted our savings → esas vacaciones mermaron or redujeron bastante nuestros ahorros

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deplete [dɪˈpliːt] vt (= reduce) [+ stock, amount] → réduire
depleted uranium n → uranium m appauvri

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deplete

vt

(= exhaust) → erschöpfen; (= reduce) → vermindern, verringern; funds → verringern; certain substances deplete the ozone layer → bestimmte Stoffe bauen die Ozonschicht ab; our supplies are somewhat depleted → unsere Vorräte sind ziemlich erschöpft; the larder is rather depleted → die Speisekammer ist ziemlich leer; the audience had become somewhat depleted → die Zuschauerreihen hatten sich ziemlich gelichtet

(Med) to deplete the body of something → dem Körper etw entziehen

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deplete [dɪˈpliːt] vt → ridurre

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deplete

v deplete [diˈpliːt]

to make smaller in amount, number etc Our supplies of food are rather depleted. uitput, leegmaak يُفْرِغ، يَسْتَهْلِك، يَسْتَنْزِف изчерпвам ztenčit, vyčerpat reducere; opbruge erschöpfen μειώνω, ελαττώνω reducir, agotar kahandama کم شدن؛ تحلیل بردن kuluttaa réduire לְדַלדֵל खाली करना isprazniti,iscrpsti kimerít mengurangi ganga á, eyða esaurire 使いつくす 고갈 시키다 išeikvoti, išsekinti iztērēt; izsmelt mengurangkan doen slinken tømme, bruke opp, tappe, tynne ut naruszać, zmniejszać esgotar a reduce исчерпывать(ся) znížiť oklestiti smanjiti []tömma, förbruka ทำให้ลดลง azaltmak 使耗盡(資源)等 спорожнювати, вичерпувати کم کرنا cạn kiệt 使耗尽（资源等

n deˈpletion

vermindering, uitputting إفْراغ، إسْتِنْزاف، نُضوب изчеепване vyčerpání opbrugen die Erschöpfung μείωση, ελάττωση reducción, agotamiento kahanemine کاهش؛ تقلیل tyhjennys réduction דִלדוּל कमी, क्षरण ispražnjenje, iscrpljenje kimerítés pengurangan eyðing; rÿrnun esaurimento 涸渇 감소, 고갈 išeikvojimas, išsekinimas iztērēšana; izsmelšana pengurangan het slinken tømming, utarming naruszanie, zmniejszanie esgotamento reducere исчерпывание zníženie zmanjšanje smanjenje tömmande, förbrukning การทำให้ลดลง azalma 耗盡 випорожнення; вичерпання تقلیل sự cạn kiệt 耗尽