expended
Fully consumed already
Expended is the past tense of expend, meaning to use up or consume resources.
Energy, effort, ammunition, and funds are commonly expended: All rounds were expended during the firefight.
The word carries a formal or technical tone, appearing more often in military, financial, and bureaucratic contexts than in casual speech.
Exhausted or disbursed
- disbursedPaid out officially
- outlaidSpent on something
- paidGave money owed
- investedAllocated funds strategically
allocated · budgeted · appropriated · funded · financed · splurged · squandered · blown
Terminated from employment
- dischargedOfficially let go
- shotQuick liquor serving
- emptiedRemoved all contents from
- unloadedEmptied of cargo
spent · cartridges · rounds · shells · bullets · casings · magazines · clips
Emptied of resources
- exhaustedUtterly depleted of energy
- usedAlready been employed
- consumedFully used or eaten
- diminishedMade or became smaller
reduced · emptied · decreased · lowered · lessened · sapped · weakened · dwindled
spent
Exhausted or disbursed
invested · allocated · budgeted · appropriated · funded · financed · splurged · squandered · blown · sunk
fired
Terminated from employment
- dischargedOfficially let go
- shotQuick liquor serving
- emptiedRemoved all contents from
unloaded · spent · cartridges · rounds · shells · bullets · casings · magazines · clips · volleys
drained
Emptied of resources
diminished · reduced · emptied · decreased · lowered · lessened · sapped · weakened · dwindled · waned
consumed
Fully used or eaten
exhausted · utilized · tapped · employed · allocated · rationed · stockpiled · provisioned · supplied · requisitioned
exerted
Applied with effort
channeled · directed · focused · concentrated · dedicated · committed · lavished · mustered · summoned · mobilized
- The ExpendablesThose deemed replaceable
- capital expenditureSpending on fixed assets
- government expenditureFunds disbursed by authorities
- public expenditureGovernment's financial outlays
- energy expenditurePower used by activity
- healthcare expenditureSpending on medical services
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