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View definitions for deplete

deplete

verb as in consume, exhaust supply

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And now, the plan is not only to decimate public-sector unions, but all unions—to deplete the money they can spend on politics.

However, things like stress, illness, and environmental pollution all deplete your levels.

I would deplete the government—forage, as it were, on the enemy—thereby to fatten my purse.

They affirm that to lower all rates to this "compelled" competitive level, would deplete their revenues and lead to bankruptcy.

If she sends them into port she must deplete her engine-room complement and thereby gravely impair her own efficiency.

Because to over-tire an immature faculty is to deplete its vital resources of development.

The sooner they can deplete the national treasury, the sooner can they become masters of the situation.

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On this page you'll find 72 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to deplete, such as: bankrupt, decrease, diminish, drain, empty, and expend.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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