deplete
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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to use up (supplies, money, energy, etc); reduce or exhaust
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to empty entirely or partially
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med to empty or reduce the fluid contents of (an organ or vessel)
Other Word Forms
- depletable adjective
- depletion noun
- depletive adjective
- depletory adjective
- nondepletable adjective
- nondepletion noun
- nondepletive adjective
- nondepletory adjective
- predeplete verb (used with object)
- predepletion noun
- undepleted adjective
Etymology
Origin of deplete
1800–10; < Latin dēplētus empty (past participle of dēplēre to empty out), equivalent to dē- de- + plē ( re ) to fill + -tus past participle suffix
Example Sentences
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When you’re depleted after a couple of days of hard running, seeing something that may indicate your suffering is over is almost like seeing a mirage.
“One of the challenges is you can deplete these really quickly,” said Kelly Grieco, a senior fellow at the Stimson Center think tank who used to teach at the Air Command and Staff College.
The fund will be depleted by 2040, 12 years earlier than expected, the independent body said.
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You’re right that your mother’s healthcare needs may deplete much of their savings.
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One chapter focuses on the “depleting, frustrating, resentful boredom” that defined his experience of parenting young children.
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