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deplete - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'deplete' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Deplete [ a.]
- To empty or unload, as the vessels of human system, by bloodletting or by medicine.
- 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.

Meaning of 'deplete' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . deplete [ v]
Meaning (1):
- use up (resources or materials)
Example in sentence:
  • They run through 20 bottles of wine a week;
  • this car consumes a lot of gas;
  • We exhausted our savings