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verb

Deplete v. t. (past & past part. depleted; pres. part. depleting)

(Med.) To empty or unload, as the vessels of human system, by bloodletting or by medicine.

To reduce by destroying or consuming the vital powers of; to exhaust, as a country of its strength or resources, a treasury of money, etc.

adjective

depleted adj.

No longer sufficient; as, our funds are depleted.

Synonyms: low.

Having resources completely depleted.

Synonyms: drained.

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Etymology of 'Depleted'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Depleted" Quotes from Famous Books

... of poet was, however, ephemeral. Of late years poets have shown nothing but contempt for their brothers who attempt to sing after their passion has died away. It seems likely, beside, that instead of giving an account of his genius, the depleted poet depicts his passionless state only as a ruse to gain the sympathy of his readers, reminding them how much greater he might have been if he had not ...

— The Poet's Poet • Elizabeth Atkins

... for labor in this country at the present time are very great. The war has depleted our workshops, and materially lessened our supply of labor in every department of industry and mechanism. In their noble response to the call of their country, our workmen in every branch of the useful arts have left vacancies which must be filled, or the material interest of the ...

— Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet - An Autobiography. • John Sherman

... middle of these speculations, he suffered a dark experience. He fell, for the first time in his life, into ill-health. His vitality and nervous force were great, and though soon depleted were soon recuperated; but the new and ardent interests of the university had appealed to him on many sides; he worked hard, took violent exercise, and filled up every space of time with conversation and social enjoyment; he had no warning of the strain, except an unaccustomed ...

— Beside Still Waters • Arthur Christopher Benson

... Gladstone in 1853, accompanied by a rigid application of the Ricardian theories of political economy, and the continuous narrowing of the basis of indirect taxation, told against Ireland most severely, depleted her resources and retarded her progress. Sir Stafford Northcote thus addressed the House of Commons after twelve years' experience of the ...

— Against Home Rule (1912) - The Case for the Union • Various

... of the Papal States Benedict XIV. was no less successful. The enormous expenses incurred by his predecessor had depleted the papal treasury, but the schemes of retrenchment enforced by Benedict XIV. produced such good results that in a few years money was available for the development of agriculture, industries, and commerce. With the civil rulers of Europe he had ...

— History of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the French • Rev. James MacCaffrey

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