Depletion Definition

dĭ-plēshən
noun
The act or process of depleting.
American Heritage
A depleting or being depleted.
Webster's New World
The gradual using up or destruction of capital assets, esp. of natural resources.
Webster's New World
The act of drawing out in its entirety, or using up, money or of a nonrenewable resource such as oil.
Webster's New World Law
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Other Word Forms of Depletion

Noun

Singular:
depletion
Plural:
depletions

Depletion Sentence Examples

  • Reversing the trends in climate change, pollution, non-renewable resource consumption and resource depletion require a vast majority of the population make changes in their daily lives.

  • The rapid exhaustion in late years of the caribou, seals and other animals, once the food or stockin-trade of the Aleuts and other races, threatens more and more the swift depletion of the natives.

  • In Argentina, intensive soybean cultivation has led to massive soil nutrient depletion.

  • Given their rapid depletion in numbers, she didn't actually think she would ever get a chance to see one in the wild.

  • Around each column, the depletion region is approximately cylindrical.

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Words Starting With

DDEDEP

Words Ending With

NONION

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Words Starting With D and Ending With N

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9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With D9 Letter Words Ending With N