depletes
Drains the supply
Depletes is the third-person singular form of deplete, meaning to use up or drastically reduce a supply of something.
Resources, funds, energy, and reserves are commonly depleted.
Constant withdrawals depleted our savings.
The word carries connotations of exhaustion or near-emptiness rather than mere reduction—if something depletes a resource, it draws it down toward a critical or dangerous level.
Completely uses up
- uses upConsumes entirely
- consumesTakes in completely
- drainsPipes removing wastewater
- expendsUses until gone
burns through · devours · spends · squanders · wastes · dissipates · guzzles · siphons
Pipes removing wastewater
- sapsErodes vitality slowly
- tiresRubber wheel coverings
- weariesCauses exhaustion
- fatiguesMilitary duty uniform
wears out · enervates · debilitates · weakens · prostrates · frazzles · burns out · overtaxes
Becomes smaller or weaker
- lessensMakes smaller in degree
- decreasesGrows smaller in amount
- reducesMakes less in quantity
- lowersDecreases or brings down
shrinks · dwindles · ebbs · tapers · erodes · whittles · cuts · declines
Ownership stakes or inventory
- reservesResources held back
- suppliesResources for a task
- fundsAvailable financial resources
- savingsAccumulated money kept
inventory · aquifers · fisheries · forests · coffers · treasury · budget · capital
Deficient supply of necessities
- deficitAmount still owed
- dearthAcute shortage of something
- insufficiencyShortfall in amount needed
- lackDeficiency or absence
undersupply · shortfall · scarcity · emptiness · exhaustion · privation · inadequacy · want
exhausts
Completely uses up
expends · burns through · devours · spends · squanders · wastes · dissipates · guzzles · siphons · absorbs
drains
Pipes removing wastewater
fatigues · wears out · enervates · debilitates · weakens · prostrates · frazzles · burns out · overtaxes · strains
diminishes
Becomes smaller or weaker
lowers · shrinks · dwindles · ebbs · tapers · erodes · whittles · cuts · declines · contracts
stocks
Ownership stakes or inventory
savings · inventory · aquifers · fisheries · forests · coffers · treasury · budget · capital · assets
shortage
Deficient supply of necessities
- deficitAmount still owed
- dearthAcute shortage of something
- insufficiencyShortfall in amount needed
lack · undersupply · shortfall · scarcity · emptiness · exhaustion · privation · inadequacy · want · paucity
depletesreplenishes
Fills again after depletion
restores · renews · regenerates · recharges · refills
- 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
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