Deplete
[dɪ'pliːt] or [dɪ'plit]
Definition
(a.) To empty or unload, as the vessels of human system, by bloodletting or by medicine.
(a.) 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.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Exhaust, drain, evacuate, empty.
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Definition
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.
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Examples
- The increasing facilities of communication enhanced this tendency and depleted Dublin. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Now that your force has been so much depleted, I do not know what number of men you can put into the field. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- All three divisions were, as a matter of course, more or less shattered and depleted in numbers from the terrible battle of the day. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Several of the craft were limping perceptibly, and seemed but barely under the control of their depleted crews. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Interior points, less exposed, were also depleted to add to the strength at Corinth. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The luncheon table showed a depleted circle. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- On the 7th of August I further depleted my army by sending the 13th corps, General Ord commanding, to Banks. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He did try to prevent the English from exchanging exports for European gold, while permitting imports in the hope of depleting England of gold. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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