'Deplete' definitions:
Definition of 'deplete'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Deplete'
From: GCIDE
- Deplete \De*plete"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Depleted; p. pr. & vb. n. Depleting.] [From L. deplere to empty out; de- + plere to fill. Forined like replete, complete. See Fill, Full, a.]
- 1. (Med.) To empty or unload, as the vessels of human system, by bloodletting or by medicine. --Copland. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'deplete'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ablate,
- absorb,
- assimilate,
- bankrupt,
- bleed,
- bleed white,
- blow,
- blow out,
- burn up,
- clean out,
- clear,
- clear away,
- clear off,
- clear out,
- clear the decks,
- consume,
- cripple,
- debilitate,
- decrease,
- defecate,
- depreciate,
- dig into,
- digest,
- diminish,
- disable,
- dissipate,
- drain,
- drain of resources,
- draw,
- draw down,
- draw off,
- dribble away,
- dry up,
- eat,
- eat up,
- eliminate,
- empty,
- empty out,
- enfeeble,
- erode,
- evacuate,
- exhaust,
- expend,
- finish,
- finish off,
- gobble,
- gobble up,
- impoverish,
- ingest,
- lessen,
- milk,
- purge,
- reduce,
- remove,
- sap,
- scour out,
- shrink,
- spend,
- squander,
- suck dry,
- swallow,
- swallow up,
- sweep out,
- unclog,
- undermine,
- unfoul,
- use up,
- vent,
- void,
- wash up,
- waste,
- waste away,
- weaken,
- wear,
- wear away