depleted
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Depleted aquifers in California’s Central Valley alone have lots of empty space: three times the full capacity of the state’s more than 1,400 aboveground reservoirs.
From Scientific American • Oct. 25, 2023
Depleted uranium shells sharpen on impact, which further increases their ability to bore through armour, and they ignite after contact.
From BBC • Sep. 6, 2023
Depleted uranium munitions have been used in the Gulf War in 1990-1991, the Kosovo conflict in the Balkans in 1998-1999 and in U.S. operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
From Salon • Jun. 17, 2023
Depleted uranium is a byproduct of the uranium enrichment process needed to create nuclear weapons.
From Washington Times • Mar. 23, 2023
Depleted divisions had to be readjusted, men selected for particular work, a system of co-ordination with the Special Constabulary made, and a hundred re-arrangements made.
From Scotland Yard The methods and organisation of the Metropolitan Police by Dilnot, George
Vocabulary lists containing depleted
Zilch, Zip, Nada: Words For Nothing
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Vocabulary from the Third and Final Presidential Debate, October 19, 2016
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President Trump's Second State of the Union Address (2019)
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