Deplete

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To decrease the fullness of; use up or empty out.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To empty or unload, as the vessels of the human system, by bloodletting or by medicine.
  • v. 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.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To empty or unload, as the vessels of human system, by bloodletting or by medicine.
  • v. 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.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To empty, reduce, or exhaust by drawing away, as the strength, vital powers, resources, etc.: as, to deplete a country of inhabitants.
  • In medicine, to empty or unload, as overcharged vessels, by bloodletting, purgatives, or other means.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. use up (resources or materials)
  • Verb Form
    depleted    depletes    depleting   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    drop    expend    spend   
    Cross Reference
    exhaust   
    Hyponym
    run out    indulge    drain    tire    spend    run down    sap    burn up    play out    exhaust   
    Form
    depleted    depleting   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Crete    Deet    Delete    Fleet    Grete    Marguerite    Pete    Piet    Seat    Skeat   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts