Deplete

Quick meaning: Deplete is a verb meaning (transitive) To reduce the amount of; to remove (a substance from something):.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To empty or purge (something of a substance).
2. (intransitive) To diminish in quantity or strength; to be consumed.

Example Sentences

This drug can deplete the body of magnesium.

The conservation project depleted the lake of algae.

... deplete the body of minerals, causing osteoporosis.

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

Word Forms

• depletes
• depleting
• depleted

Synonyms for deplete

Depending on context, synonyms include consume, exhaust, run through, eat, wipe out.

Antonyms for deplete

Common opposites include replenish.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include eat, consume, exhaust, wipe out, run through, break.

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