deplete
verb
[ dɪˈpliːt ]
• use up the supply or resources of.
• "reservoirs have been depleted by years of drought"
Similar:
exhaust,
use up,
consume,
expend,
spend,
drain,
empty,
sap,
milk,
suck dry,
evacuate,
reduce,
decrease,
diminish,
lessen,
lower,
attenuate,
slim down,
pare down,
cut back,
bleed,
slash,
Origin:
early 19th century (earlier (mid. 17th century) as depletion ): from Latin deplet- ‘emptied out’, from the verb deplere, from de- (expressing reversal) + plere ‘fill’ (from plenus ‘full’).
