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101lessen — I verb abate, abbreviate, abridge, abstract, adulterate, allay, alleviate, assuage, attenuate, bate, belittle, boil down, calumniate, censure, check, compress, condense, contract, curb, curtail, cut, cut down, decimate, decline, decrease, decry,… …
102use up — index consume, deplete, diminish, dissipate (expend foolishly), exhaust (deplete), expend (consume), spe …
103weaken — index adulterate, alleviate, attenuate, countervail, damage, debase, debilitate, denature, deplete …
104wear out — index consume, deplete, diminish, exhaust (deplete), impair, misemploy, mistreat, spend …
105consume — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. destroy, demolish, annihilate; burn, decompose, corrode; devour, swallow, eat, drink; exhaust, drain, use up, expend. See destruction, use, waste. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To eat or drink] Syn. eat… …
106desiccate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. dry up, wither; dehydrate. See dryness. Ant., moisten, water. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To dry] Syn. dry up, parch, exsiccate, drain; see dry 2 . 2. [To preserve] Syn. dehydrate, anhydrate, evaporate,… …
107empty — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. void, deplete, exhaust, evacuate, drain, deflate, discharge, unload. See contraction, ejection. adj. hollow, vacant, depleted, untenanted, devoid; hungry; vain, insubstantial, useless, foolish,… …
108impoverish — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. pauperize; exhaust, drain; reduce, deplete, rob; weaken. See poverty, insufficiency, waste.Ant., enrich. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. make poor, bankrupt, exhaust; see ruin 2 . III (Roget s Thesaurus… …
109spend — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. disburse, pay out, ex pend; consume, exhaust; pass, employ. See ejection, waste. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To expend] Syn. consume, deplete, waste, dispense, contribute, donate, give, liquidate,… …
110run out — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To be used up] Syn. give out, dry up, fail, be exhausted, peter out*; see also waste 3 . 2. [To stop] Syn. expire, finish, end; see stop 2 . 3. [To become exhausted] Syn. weaken, wear out, run out of gas*; see tire 1 . 4.… …
