deplete
Drain the reserves
To deplete is to use up or drastically reduce a supply of something: The drought depleted the reservoir.
Resources, funds, energy, and populations can all be depleted.
Unlike exhaust, deplete doesn't necessarily mean completely emptied—just significantly diminished: Years of farming had depleted the soil of nutrients.
Use up entirely
empty · run out · tap out · sap · draw down · spend · burn through · go through
Make smaller in degree
- decreaseBecome or make smaller
- lessenReduce in degree
- lowerReduce or move downward
- diminishTo make smaller
dwindle · shrink · decline · drop · fall · wane · ebb · taper
Lose strength or energy
- fatigueWeariness from prolonged exertion
- wearyDeeply tired, spent
- wear outDeteriorate through use
- burn outExhaust through overwork
enervate · sap · drain · overtax · overwork · prostrate · debilitate · enfeeble
Removed all contents from
cleared · stripped · hollowed · vacated · gutted · cleaned out · wiped out · zeroed out
Deficient supply of necessities
- dearthAcute shortage of something
- paucityInsufficiency of amount
- deficitAmount still owed
- lackDeficiency or absence
insufficiency · shortfall · scantiness · sparseness · meagerness · deficiency · inadequacy · running low
exhaust
Use up entirely
expend · empty · run out · tap out · sap · draw down · spend · burn through · go through · squander
reduce
Make smaller in degree
diminish · dwindle · shrink · decline · drop · fall · wane · ebb · taper · subside
tire
Lose strength or energy
burn out · enervate · sap · drain · overtax · overwork · prostrate · debilitate · enfeeble · weaken
emptied
Removed all contents from
barren · cleared · stripped · hollowed · vacated · gutted · cleaned out · wiped out · zeroed out · blank
shortage
Deficient supply of necessities
lack · insufficiency · shortfall · scantiness · sparseness · meagerness · deficiency · inadequacy · running low · in short supply
- diminishingabate, decrease, diminish, dwindle, ebb
- reduce/lessenreduce, shrink, lessen, decrease, diminish
- depletedrain, exhaust, use up, consume, empty
- emptyingempty, drain, pump out, clean out, clear out
- overdoing itoverdo, overreach, overwork, overspend, overexert
- battery actionscharge, recharge, drain, discharge, swap
depletestrengthen
Make more robust
fortify · reinforce · bolster · energize · invigorate
- ozone depletionProtective atmospheric layer destruction
- nutrient depletionLoss of essential substances
- depleted uraniumProcessed nuclear byproduct, very dense
- resource depletionExhausting available materials gradually
- oxygen depletionRemoval of breathable gas
- soil depletionLoss of ground fertility
depleted, depletion, depleting, depletes, depletions, depletable, undepleted