deplete

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To reduce the amount of

   To reduce the amount of; to remove (a substance from something)

   • The winter storm quickly depleted the salt supply of the county.
   • Their numbers have been very heavily depleted in the last few years, and soon a most familiar part of the southern railway scene will have vanished: […].
   • ... depleting the minerals and fuels of the more developed states, leading to a scarcity of these crucial resources.
2. 2

   To empty or purge (something of a substance).

   • The conservation project depleted the lake of algae.
   • This drug can deplete the body of magnesium.
3. 3

   To diminish in quantity or strength

   To diminish in quantity or strength; to be consumed.

   • I noticed a couple of days ago how quickly the battery depletes.
   • Depending on what you print, one color usually depletes faster than the others.

The neighborhood

• antonymreplenish
• neighbordepletion
• neighborcomplete
• neighborreplete