deplete

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: de=plete
• COUNT in NET: 1 in 1 verses (in NT : 1 in 1 verses)

OXFORD DICTIONARY

deplete, v.tr. (esp. in passive)
1 reduce in numbers or quantity (depleted forces).
2 empty out; exhaust (their energies were depleted).

Derivative

depletion n.

Etymology

L deplere (as DE-, plere plet- fill)

THESAURUS

deplete

ablate, absorb, assimilate, bankrupt, bleed, bleed white, blow, blow out, burn up, clean out, clear, clear away, clear off, clear out, clear the decks, consume, cripple, debilitate, decrease, defecate, depreciate, dig into, digest, diminish, disable, dissipate, drain, drain of resources, draw, draw down, draw off, dribble away, dry up, eat, eat up, eliminate, empty, empty out, enfeeble, erode, evacuate, exhaust, expend, finish, finish off, gobble, gobble up, impoverish, ingest, lessen, milk, purge, reduce, remove, sap, scour out, shrink, spend, squander, suck dry, swallow, swallow up, sweep out, unclog, undermine, unfoul, use up, vent, void, wash up, waste, waste away, weaken, wear, wear away