deplete

//dɪˈpliːt//
B2Frequency Level 11Neutral
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Verb

depleteInfinitive
depletePresent tense
depletedPast tense
depletedPast participle
depletingPresent participle
depletesThird-person singular
1

To use up or reduce the supply or quantity of something, especially a resource or reserve.

The long drought depleted the water reserves.

2

To exhaust or drain the strength, energy, or vitality of someone or something.

The long illness depleted her strength.

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