expend
Example Sentences
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Grieco said that while interceptors are being expended on drones, it is not to the same degree as for missiles, and "the most acute shortage is with the ballistic interceptors."
From Barron's
This better price is crucial for having enough rounds to sustain a long fight, and improving the “cost curve” problem of expending pricey Western missiles to shoot down cheap drones and projectiles.
Cross-country skiers talk about expending energy in terms of burning matches.
Ktown for All was harmed by having to expend resources replenishing the seized items, it alleged.
From Los Angeles Times
Still, perhaps all this energy expended on creating a fictional narrative of global solidarity has not been wasted.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
