DEPLETE


Meaning of DEPLETE in English

v.tr. (esp. in passive) 1 reduce in numbers or quantity (depleted forces). 2 empty out; exhaust (their energies were depleted). depletion n.

[ L deplere (as DE-, plere plet- fill) ]

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