deplete

verb

Etymology: Borrowed from Latin dēplētus (“empty”), from depleō. First attested in 1716; originally a medical term.

1. To reduce the amount of; to remove (a substance from something)

   “The winter storm quickly depleted the salt supply of the county.”

   “Their numbers have been very heavily depleted in the last few years, and soon a most familiar part of the southern railway scene will have vanished: […].”

2. To reduce the amount of; to remove (a substance from something):
3. To reduce the amount of; to remove (a substance from something):

   “Certain medications can deplete vitamin D.”

4. To reduce the amount of; to remove (a substance from something):

   “Its reserves have been invaded and depleted.”

   “Constant vigilance for social threats and the negative emotions it produces (e.g., anxiety) deplete self-regulatory resources.”

5. To reduce the amount of; to remove (a substance from something):
6. To empty or purge (something of a substance).

   “The conservation project depleted the lake of algae.”

   “This drug can deplete the body of magnesium.”

7. To empty or purge (something of a substance).

   “Cycling also produces layered scales, as repeated spallation further depletes the compound of Al and allows Cr₂O₃ formation.”

8. To empty or purge (something of a substance).

   “The by-product of this process, which depletes uranium of its most radioactive isotopes, is called depleted uranium (DU).”

9. To diminish in quantity or strength; to be consumed.

   “I noticed a couple of days ago how quickly the battery depletes.”

   “Depending on what you print, one color usually depletes faster than the others.”

10. To diminish in quantity or strength; to be consumed.

    “As can be seen in Fig. 1.49, FS 21 rapidly depletes of Li⁺ near the surface during the exposure to a NaNO₃ melt and simultaneously enriches in Na⁺.”

11. To diminish in quantity or strength; to be consumed.

    “Since uranium depletes in this process, it is called fissile fuel, nuclear fuel or simply fuel.”