deplete

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

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

   The winter storm quickly depleted the salt supply of the county.

2. 2
   verb

   To empty or purge (something of a substance).

   The conservation project depleted the lake of algae.

3. 3
   verb

   To diminish in quantity or strength; to be consumed.

   I noticed a couple of days ago how quickly the battery depletes.

Borrowed from Latin dēplētus (“empty”), from depleō. First attested in 1716; originally a medical term.

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