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deplete::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | consume, eat, eat up, exhaust, run through, use up, wipe out |
| Type of | drop, spend, expend |
| Has types | drain, exhaust, indulge, luxuriate, burn off, play out, run down, run out, sap, burn up, spend, tire, burn |
| Verb group | use up, occupy, take |
| Derivation | depletion |
Examples of deplete
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The gas would have attracted bacteria that metabolise methane and deplete oxygen.
From the newscientist.com
The phosphoric acid and caffeine in sodas may deplete calcium in growing bones.
From the washingtonpost.com
Chrysler's approach led to deep discounting to deplete the remaining inventory.
From the dispatch.com
Hunters say wolves will deplete elk herds, but that is not borne out by evidence.
From the sltrib.com
Though the HFCs do not deplete the ozone layer, they are potent greenhouse gases.
From the sciencedaily.com
If they don't they simply deplete an already short supply of potential employees.
From the evangelicaloutpost.com
Retail and insurance business will deplete foreign exchange reserves in the long.
From the economist.com
Also, we deplete fossil fuels at a vastly greater pace than nature replaces them.
From the usatoday.com
I have considered labiaplasty, but I'm afraid surgery would deplete sensation.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Consume: 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"
- (depleted) no longer sufficient; "supplies are low"; "our funds are depleted"
- (depletion) the act of decreasing something markedly
- (depletion) the state of being depleted
- (Depletion (accounting)) Depletion is an accounting concept used most often in mining, timber, petroleum, or other similar industries. The depletion deduction allows an owner or operator to account for the reduction of a product's reserves. ...
- To empty or unload, as the vessels of the human system, by bloodletting or by medicine; 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
- (depleted) Used up, expended; of which nothing is left
- (Depleted) Defined by the MMPA as any case in which--
- (Depleted) Overfishing has reduced a stock to a very low level of abundance, requiring rebuilding of stock, e.g. Southern Bluefin Tuna, School Shark.
