deplete
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (America, British) IPA: /dɪˈpliːt/
deplete (depletes, present participle depleting; past and past participle depleted)
- To empty or unload, as the vessels of the human system, by bloodletting or by medicine.
- I noticed a couple of days ago how quickly the battery depletes.
- The ink depletes too quickly.
- Depending on what you print, one color usually depletes faster than the others.
- ''The temperature gauge doesn't work and the coolant depletes quickly from the reservoir.
- The winter storm quickly depleted the salt supply of the county.
- This drug can deplete the body of magnesium.
- Certain medications can deplete vitamin D.
- 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.
- 2007. Zerzan, John. Silence.
- Its reserves have been invaded and depleted.
- 2007. Zerzan, John. Silence.
- French: vider
- German: leeren, räumen, aufbrauchen
- Portuguese: exaurir, esgotar, esvaziar
- Russian: очища́ть
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