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depletion
Depletion is defined as a reduction in number or quantity.
(noun)When forests get cut down, this is an example of the depletion of forests.
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See depletion in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- a depleting or being depleted
- the gradual using up or destruction of capital assets, esp. of natural resources
See depletion in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- The act or process of depleting.
- The state of being depleted; exhaustion.
- The use or consumption of a resource, especially a natural resource, faster than it is replenished.
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