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deplete [dih-pleet]

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Main Entry:	deplete [dih-pleet] Show IPA/dɪˈplit/ Show Spelled
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	consume, exhaust supply
Synonyms:	bankrupt, bleed, decrease, dig into, diminish, drain, draw, dry up, empty, evacuate, expend, finish, impoverish, lessen, milk, reduce, sap, spend, squander, suck dry, undermine, use up, wash up, waste, weaken
Antonyms:	add, augment, expand, fill, give, increase

Main Entry:	consume
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	use up
Synonyms:	absorb, apply, avail oneself of, deplete, devour, dissipate, dominate, drain, drivel, eat up, employ, engross, exhaust, expend, finish, finish up, fritter away, frivol away, go, go through, have recourse to, lavish, lessen, monopolize, obsess, preoccupy, profit by, put away, put to use, run out of, run through, spend, squander, throw away, trifle, utilize, vanish, wash up, waste, wear out
Antonyms:	accumulate, collect, gather, neglect, not use, store

Main Entry:	desiccate
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	take moisture out of
Synonyms:	anhydrate, dehydrate, deplete, devitalize, divest, drain, dry, dry up, evaporate, exsiccate, parch, sear, shrivel, wither, wizen
Antonyms:	moisten, moisturize, wet

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Less obviously, oil producers deplete their reserves every time they pump out a barrel of oil.

The political minefield alone is enough to deplete your emotional reservoir.

So in a way i hope and cant wait for these overly priced oil reserves deplete out quicklyAmen.

Less obviously, oil producers deplete their reserves every time they pump out a barrel of oil.

The political minefield alone is enough to deplete your emotional reservoir.

So in a way i hope and cant wait for these overly priced oil reserves deplete out quicklyAmen.

In coastal ecosystems, huge dead zones can occur where algal blooms deplete oxygen.

Cooking/heating in any form will tend to alter the original state of any food and thus possibly deplete some of the nutrients.

Stratospheric aerosols could deplete the ozone layer.

Eventually, experts say, it may be possible to use drugs to deplete myostatin.

The sport was quick to realise that radio and television would enhance revenues rather than deplete them.

They also helped deplete the island's natural resources at a much faster rate than previously thought, the study says.

They deplete the oxygen in the sea and cause the dead zones, parts of the sea with only dead fishes due to lack of oxygen.

With all of the decorations the neighborhood kids flocked to your house, but didn't manage to deplete your sugary stockpile.

They said that levels of the chemicals that deplete oxygen were rising year to year, weakening the gulf's resistance to pollution.

The extra nitrogen leached into the rivers causes algae blooms that deplete oxygen thus killing marine wildlife.

Such events can deplete oxygen levels in the water and lead to large-scale die-offs of fish and shellfish.

Sequestering carbon either naturally or artificially will not deplete the atmosphere of oxygen.

The purpose was to prevent a bidding war that would deplete the funds available for needy students.

Nobody knows what the world's oil reserves are or how long it will take to deplete them.

The plants and algae deplete the available oxygen supply.

The main problem with electric cars is that they would rapidly deplete world ressources of the metals used as electrodes.

There's no way that they could deplete these snakes.

They want to deplete every last molecule of oxygen from the persons body.

Conventional fertilizers, on the other hand, often deplete soils.

Earth's atmosphere with sulfur particles will deplete global ozone layers.

Eventually they deplete their resources, lose their jobs and alienate friends or family members who cease to want to help.

It's simply because it's possible for me to maintain a high enough balance that a coffee won't deplete my account.

One of its chief values to field commanders is its ability to deplete the air of oxygen.

Not only does emigration deplete a country's intellectual capital and energy, it undermines the tax base too.

It will also of course require additional nonrenewable sources of potable water and further deplete the ocean fishes.

Or a company might do it to deplete or expand a rival's pay-per-click budget.

Air-conditioners consume a significant amount of energy, and their emissions help deplete the ozone layer.

Users won't have to deplete their liquor cabinets to keep their portables powered up, because all it takes is a few drops.

Stregowski said, so that local companies can deplete their inventory of old business cards and stationery.

If you're poor and/or sick enough to deplete your savings, you are unlikely to be able to repay the loan.

As sales deplete inventories, businesses restock, which creates more jobs and so on in an upward spiral.

My younger son will likely go to a private school and perhaps grad school and could deplete his account.

Each mission would consume tens of thousands of bombs and deplete the supply until they're essentially all gone.

More importantly, parting with that much cash would deplete the bank's capital.

The disadvantage of this type of respirator is that it causes the filter to deplete rapidly.

Many schools will deplete their stimulus money in this term.

Also needing review is a board's liability insurance, since legal costs not covered can swiftly deplete an operating fund.

In addition, diarrhea and poor absorption of nutrients can deplete the body of fluid and necessary vitamins and minerals.

If they start flying around when they should be hibernating, they quickly deplete their fat reserves and die.

Coffee and tea are diuretics and will deplete fluid.

Over time, however, heavy alcohol use appears to deplete the stores of dopamine and serotonin.

If that is correct, it would appear that the only way to deplete the heat source would be to reduce that pressure.

Main Entry:	dissipate
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	expend, spend
Synonyms:	be wasteful with, blow, burn up, consume, deplete, dump, fritter away, indulge oneself, kiss goodbye, lavish, misspend, misuse, run through, squander, throw away, trifle away, use up, waste
Antonyms:	accumulate, collect, gather, hoard, save

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	drain
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	remove liquid; remove supply
Synonyms:	abate, bankrupt, bleed, bleed dry, catheterize, consume, debilitate, decrease, deplete, devitalize, diminish, dissipate, divert, draft, draw off, drink up, dry, empty, evacuate, exhaust, expend, fatigue, filter off, finish, free from, get last drop, get rid of, gulp down, impoverish, lessen, milk, pump, pump out, quaff, reduce, sap, siphon, spend, strain, suck, suck dry, swallow, tap, tax, tire out, use up, waste, wear, wear down, weary, withdraw
Antonyms:	fill, pour

Main Entry:	dry
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	take moisture out of
Synonyms:	anhydrate, bake, blot, concentrate, condense, dehumidify, dehydrate, deplete, desiccate, drain, empty, evaporate, exhaust, exsiccate, freeze-dry, harden, kiln, mummify, parch, scorch, sear, shrivel, soak up, sponge, stale, swab, torrefy, towel, wilt, wipe, wither, wizen
Antonyms:	dampen, soak, water, wet

Main Entry:	empty
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	remove contents
Synonyms:	clear, consume, decant, deplete, discharge, disgorge, drain, drink, dump, ebb, eject, escape, evacuate, exhaust, expel, flow out, gut, leak, leave, make void, pour out, purge, release, run out, rush out, tap, unburden, unload, use up, vacate, void
Antonyms:	fill

Main Entry:	enfeeble
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	make very weak
Synonyms:	attenuate, blunt, cripple, debilitate, deplete, devitalize, diminish, disable, exhaust, fatigue, incapacitate, sap, undermine, unhinge, unnerve, weaken, wear out
Antonyms:	strengthen

Main Entry:	exhaust
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	consume, use up
Synonyms:	bankrupt, bleed dry, deplete, devour, dispel, disperse, dissipate, drain, draw, dry, eat, eat up, empty, expend, finish, impoverish, run out, run through, spend, squander, strain, suck dry, take last of, void, wash up, waste
Antonyms:	refresh, replenish

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