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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

Verb

[-pleting, -pleted]

1. to use up (supplies or money)

2. to reduce in number [Latin deplere to empty out]

depletion n

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 << OPPOSITE increase

Translations

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 ehdyttää réduire לְדַלדֵל खाली करना isprazniti,iscrpsti kimerít mengurangi ganga á, eyða esaurire 使いつくす 감소시키다 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 ehtyminen réduction דִלדוּל कमी, क्षरण ispražnjenje, iscrpljenje kimerítés pengurangan eyðing; rÿrnun esaurimento 涸渇 감소 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