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depilatory |
depilous |
deplane |
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deplete
| depleted
| depletion
| depletion allowance
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deplete
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb deplete has 1 sense
- deplete(v = verb.consumption) consume, eat, eat up, exhaust, run through, use up, wipe out - 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" is one way to drop, expend, spend
Derived forms noun depletion1, noun depletion2
Sample sentence:
They deplete him of all his money
OXFORD DICTIONARY
deplete, v.tr. (esp. in passive)
1 reduce in numbers or quantity (depleted forces).
2 empty out; exhaust (their energies were depleted).
1 reduce in numbers or quantity (depleted forces).
2 empty out; exhaust (their energies were depleted).
Derivative
depletion n.
Etymology
L deplere (as DE-, plere plet- fill)
THESAURUS
deplete
ablate, absorb, assimilate, bankrupt, bleed, bleed white, blow, blow out, burn up, clean out, clear, clear away, clear off, clear out, clear the decks, consume, cripple, debilitate, decrease, defecate, depreciate, dig into, digest, diminish, disable, dissipate, drain, drain of resources, draw, draw down, draw off, dribble away, dry up, eat, eat up, eliminate, empty, empty out, enfeeble, erode, evacuate, exhaust, expend, finish, finish off, gobble, gobble up, impoverish, ingest, lessen, milk, purge, reduce, remove, sap, scour out, shrink, spend, squander, suck dry, swallow, swallow up, sweep out, unclog, undermine, unfoul, use up, vent, void, wash up, waste, waste away, weaken, wear, wear away
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