deplete

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

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

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

   (transitive)To expend or separate a reactant.

3. (transitive)To reduce the amount of a substance with a medication or medical procedure or due to a illness.

   Certain medications can deplete vitamin D.

4. (transitive)To use up, exhaust, or consume (power or resources).

   use up (resources or materials)

5. (rare, transitive)To decrease the amount of an isotope (in a mixture of isotopes).

6. (transitive)To empty or purge (something of a substance).

   The conservation project depleted the lake of algae.

   This drug can deplete the body of magnesium.

7. To empty or purge (something of a substance).

   (transitive)To clear a compound or solution (of a reactant).

8. (transitive)To clear a mixture of isotopes (of an isotope or isotopes).

9. (intransitive)To diminish in quantity or strength; to be consumed.

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

   Depending on what you print, one color usually depletes faster than the others.

10. To diminish in quantity or strength; to be consumed.

    (intransitive)To be expended or separated (of a substance).

11. (intransitive)To undergo loss of an isotope.

1. We must stop using ozone-depleting chemicals immediately.

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2. Our finances are depleted.

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3. Algeria is depleting its dollar reserves.

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4. Beware, the fuel slowly depletes over time.

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5. Algeria's foreign currency reserves are getting depleted.

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