depleting

Verb

deplete (third-person singular simple present depletes, present participle depleting, simple past and past participle depleted)

1. (transitive) To reduce the amount of; to remove (a substance from something)
   • The winter storm quickly depleted the salt supply of the county.
2. (transitive) To expend or separate a reactant.
3. (transitive) To reduce the amount of a substance with a medication or medical procedure or due to a illness.
   • Certain medications can deplete vitamin D.
4. (transitive) To use up, exhaust, or consume (power or resources).
   • Its reserves have been invaded and depleted.2007, John Zerzan, Silence
5. (rare, transitive) To decrease the amount of an isotope (in a mixture of isotopes).

   Antonyms:

   enrich

6. (transitive) To empty or purge (something of a substance).
   • The conservation project depleted the lake of algae.

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