Depleted
[di'plitid]
Definition
(adj.) no longer sufficient; 'supplies are low'; 'our funds are depleted' .
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Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Deplete
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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.
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