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deplete

dep·lete

UK/dɪˈpliːt/ US/dɪˈplit/ uncommon rare

verb

1.

use up (resources or materials)

  • “this car consumes a lot of gas”
  • “We exhausted our savings”
  • “They run through 20 bottles of wine a week”
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Borrowed from Latin dēplētus (“empty”), from depleō. First attested in 1716; originally a medical term.

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