Thesaurus: deplete

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1. a. To empty or unload, as the vessels of human system, by bloodletting or by medicine.
2. 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.
3. v. use up (resources or materials)
4. 1. (Med.) To empty or unload, as the vessels of human system, by bloodletting or by medicine. Copland. 2. 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. Saturday Review.
5. To empty or unload, as the vessels of human system, bybloodletting or by medicine. Copland.
6. v:100 v use up (resources or materials)