Deplete Definition

dĭ-plēt

depleted, depletes, depleting

verb

depleted, depletes, depleting

To consume or reduce to a very low amount; use up.

Drought that depleted the stores of grain.

American Heritage

To make less by gradually using up (resources, funds, strength, etc.)

Webster's New World

To remove the contents or important elements of; empty out or exhaust.

Overfishing that depleted the lake of trout; farming practices that depleted the soil of nutrients.

American Heritage

To use up gradually the resources, strength, etc. of.

Webster's New World

To empty wholly or partly.

Webster's New World

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Origin of Deplete

Latin dēplēre dēplēt- to empty dē- de- plēre to fill pelə-¹ in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Latin dēplētus (“empty”), from Latin depleo

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