deplete
21deplete — Synonyms and related words: 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… …
22deplete — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. exhaust (see insufficiency). II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. use up, drain, exhaust; see consume 2 , drain 2 , spend 1 , waste 1 , 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. use up, exhaust, run out, consume,… …
23deplete — de|plete [dıˈpli:t] v [T usually passive] [Date: 1800 1900; : Latin; Origin: depletus, past participle of deplere, from plere to fill ] to reduce the amount of something that is present or available ▪ Salmon populations have been severely… …
24deplete — de|plete [ dı plit ] verb transitive to reduce the amount of something or the number of things: Wars in the region have depleted the country s food supplies. ╾ de|ple|tion noun uncount: the depletion of the forests in Uganda …
25deplete — see FULL …
26deplete — de·plete || dɪ pliËt v. exhaust, consume, use up, empty, reduce …
27deplete v — pleat n …
28deplete — [dɪ pli:t] verb reduce the number or quantity of: fish stocks are severely depleted. Derivatives depleter noun depletion noun Origin C19 (earlier (C17) as depletion): from L. deplet , deplere empty out , from de (expressing reversal) + plere fill …
29deplete — v. a. Exhaust, drain, reduce, empty, evacuate …
30deplete — verb (transitive usually passive) to reduce the amount of something that is available: Our food reserves had been severely depleted over the winter. depletion /dI pli:SFn/ noun (U): the depletion of the ozone layer …
