What does Deplete mean?

Definitions for Deplete
dɪˈplitde·plete

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe outverb

    use up (resources or materials)

    "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"

Wiktionary

  1. depleteverb

    To empty or unload, as the vessels of the human system, by bloodletting or by medicine.

  2. depleteverb

    To reduce by destroying or consuming the vital powers of; to exhaust, as a country of its strength or resources, a treasury of money, etc.

  3. Etymology: From depletus

ChatGPT

  1. deplete

    Deplete refers to the act of using up or consuming a resource completely or reducing it significantly, often through excessive or continuous usage.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Depleteadjective

    to empty or unload, as the vessels of human system, by bloodletting or by medicine

  2. Depleteadjective

    to reduce by destroying or consuming the vital powers of; to exhaust, as a country of its strength or resources, a treasury of money, etc

  3. Etymology: [From L. deplere to empty out; de- + plere to fill. Forined like replete, complete. See Fill, Full, a.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Deplete

    de-plēt′, v.t. to empty, reduce, exhaust.—n. Deplē′tion, the act of emptying or exhausting: (med.) the act of relieving congestion or plethora, by purging, blood-letting, or reduction of the system by abstinence.—adjs. Deplē′tive, Deplē′tory. [L. deplēre, deplētum, to empty, de, neg., plēre, to fill.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Deplete in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Deplete in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Deplete in a Sentence

  1. White House:

    I mean, it’s really whether time is on the side of Russia, who is losing but has a lot of resources to deplete us in the West. That’s what gives me pause. I hope we have the staying power.

  2. John Kirby:

    And so they've had to deplete certain units... in certain areas in the East in the Donbass, to respond to what they clearly believed was a looming threat of a counter offensive.

  3. Ramana Pemmaraju:

    Only when you go beyond Mind, will you be able to respect the energy that inhabits us; until then you will either exploit others with your energy or will deplete your energy, leading a purposeless life!”

  4. Ramana Pemmaraju:

    Only when you go beyond Mind, will you be able to respect the energy that inhabits us; until then you will either exploit others with your energy or will deplete your energy, leading a purposeless life!

  5. Joe DiPastena:

    When the economy started to tank and my investments started to dwindle... I started to get pretty nervous, i didn't want to deplete my savings.

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