deplete
11deplete — UK [dɪˈpliːt] / US [dɪˈplɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms deplete : present tense I/you/we/they deplete he/she/it depletes present participle depleting past tense depleted past participle depleted to reduce the amount of something or the number… …
12deplete — verb ADVERB ▪ seriously, severely ▪ Both teams were severely depleted by injuries. ▪ quickly, rapidly ▪ completely Deplete is used with these nouns a …
13deplete — v. (D; tr.) to deplete of * * * [dɪ pliːt] (D;tr.) to depleteof …
14deplete — 01. If we continue to [deplete] our natural resources, our children will pay the price. 02. The continued [depletion] of our ozone may cause terrible destruction to our planet. 03. Many native plants have been seriously [depleted] by the… …
15deplete — , reduce Though their meanings are roughly the same, deplete has the additional connotation of injurious reduction. As the Evanses note, a garrison may be reduced by administrative order, but depleted by sickness …
16deplete, reduce — Though their meanings are roughly the same, deplete has the additional connotation of injurious reduction. As the Evanses note, a garrison may be reduced by administrative order but depleted by sickness …
17deplete, reduce — Though their meanings are roughly the same, deplete has the additional connotation of injurious reduction. As the Evanses note, a garrison may be reduced by administrative order but depleted by sickness …
18deplete — depletable, adj. depletion, n. depletive, depletory /di plee teuh ree/, adj. /di pleet /, v.t., depleted, depleting. to decrease seriously or exhaust the abundance or supply of: The fire had depleted the game in the forest. Extravagant spending… …
19deplete — verb /dɪˈpliːt/ a) To empty or unload, as the vessels of the human system, by bloodletting or by medicine. Its reserves have been invaded and depleted. b) To reduce by destroying or consuming the vital powers of; to exhaust, as a country of its… …
20deplete — de·plete di plēt vt, de·plet·ed; de·plet·ing to empty (as the blood vessels) of a principal substance <a body depleted by excessive blood loss> <tissues depleted of vitamins> * * * de·plete (də plētґ) [L. deplere to empty]… …
