deplete.
To reduce the amount of; to remove (a substance from something)
Meaning & usage
To reduce the amount of; to remove (a substance from something)
The winter storm quickly depleted the salt supply of the county.
To reduce the amount of; to remove (a substance from something): To expend or separate a reactant.
To reduce the amount of; to remove (a substance from something): To reduce the amount of a substance with a medication or medical procedure or due to a illness.
Certain medications can deplete vitamin D.
To reduce the amount of; to remove (a substance from something): To use up, exhaust, or consume (power or resources).
To reduce the amount of; to remove (a substance from something): To decrease the amount of an isotope (in a mixture of isotopes).
To empty or purge (something of a substance).
The conservation project depleted the lake of algae.
This drug can deplete the body of magnesium.
To empty or purge (something of a substance). To clear a compound or solution (of a reactant).
To empty or purge (something of a substance). To clear a mixture of isotopes (of an isotope or isotopes).
To diminish in quantity or strength; to be consumed.
I noticed a couple of days ago how quickly the battery depletes.
Depending on what you print, one color usually depletes faster than the others.
To diminish in quantity or strength; to be consumed. To be expended or separated (of a substance).
To diminish in quantity or strength; to be consumed. To undergo loss of an isotope.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Latin dēplētus (“empty”), from depleō. First attested in 1716; originally a medical term.
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