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depleting

ADJECTIVE

draining

Synonyms

STRONGEST

exhausting taxing

STRONG

debilitating fatiguing sapping wearing wearying

WEAK

tiresome

ADJECTIVE

exhausting

Synonyms

STRONGEST

debilitating draining taxing tiresome

STRONG

fatiguing sapping wearing wearying

Antonyms

STRONGEST

easy

ADJECTIVE

fatiguing

Synonyms

STRONG

debilitating draining exhausting sapping taxing wearing wearying

WEAK

tiresome

ADJECTIVE

ruinous

Synonyms

STRONGEST

calamitous cataclysmic catastrophic crippling damaging deadly dire fatal harmful hurtful murderous pernicious

WEAK

annihilative baleful baneful deleterious draining exhausting extravagant fateful immoderate impoverishing injurious noxious shattering suicidal unfortunate wasteful withering wrackful

Antonyms

STRONGEST

favorable fortunate harmless healthful helpful kind nice trivial unimportant wholesome

WEAK

advantageous assisting beneficial

ADJECTIVE

tumbledown

Synonyms

WEAK

annihilative baleful baneful calamitous cataclysmic catastrophic crippling damaging deadly deleterious dilapidated dire draining exhausting extravagant fatal fateful harmful hurtful immoderate impoverishing injurious murderous noxious pernicious ramshackle rundown shattering suicidal unfortunate wasteful withering wrackful

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Extra nutrients lead to the growth of algae, smothering seagrass beds, blocking sunlight and depleting the water of oxygen.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

The war is expensive, and depleting munitions stocks.

From Slate • Mar. 14, 2026

The strikes are both depleting interceptor supplies and demonstrating the limitations of legacy anti-drone systems, which are ineffective against sustained Shahed attacks, Horan and McDermott added.

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

I might guess he’s sending a very specific message even at the risk of depleting current U.S. military stocks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

Her wellsprings of magic depleting by the second.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill

depleting

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