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Deplete   /dɪplˈit/   Listen
Deplete

verb
(past & past part. depleted; pres. part. depleting)
1.
Use up (resources or materials).  Synonyms: consume, eat, eat up, exhaust, run through, use up, wipe out.  "We exhausted our savings" , "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"






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"Deplete" Quotes from Famous Books



... meet this need we may lay down with confidence that no form of Socialism which should ignore it could possibly enjoy enduring success. On the other hand, an individualism which ignores the social factor in wealth will deplete the national resources, deprive the community of its just share in the fruits of industry and so result in a one-sided and inequitable distribution of wealth. Economic justice is to render what is due not only to each individual but to each function, social ...
— Liberalism • L. T. Hobhouse



Words linked to "Deplete" :   burn, drop, burn off, tire, run down, consume, sap, burn up, use up, take, run through, indulge, drain, occupy, luxuriate, eat up, expend, depletion, spend, play out, wipe out, run out



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