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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : dih-pleet |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈplit |
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Définition of deplete
Origin :- 1807, back-formation from depletion. Related: Depleted; depleting.
- verb consume, exhaust supply
- We deplete the colony for what is in reality only a handful of men, while it means much to us.
- Extract from : « Six Letters From the Colonies » by Robert Seaton
- To do this habitually is to so deplete the forces of the spirit that one has nothing left.
- Extract from : « The Life Radiant » by Lilian Whiting
- We had to deplete our ship's company again by putting a prize-crew on board.
- Extract from : « Barney Blake, The Boy Privateer » by Herrick Johnstone
- Now to deplete is to check growth by abstracting the very source of nutriment.
- Extract from : « The Horse's Mouth » by Edward Mayhew
- Even the German invasion at the beginning of the war failed to deplete this stock.
- Extract from : « The A.E.F. » by Heywood Broun
- After the harvest was ended the father began to deplete his farm.
- Extract from : « The White Peacock » by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
- It is only when a "giving out" is accompanied by a "looking in" that it can ever deplete.
- Extract from : « Outwitting Our Nerves » by Josephine A. Jackson and Helen M. Salisbury
- He does not deplete himself by drugs, rivalry, strife or anger.
- Extract from : « Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Vol. 2 of 14 » by Elbert Hubbard
- Francis says I have congestion, and I must live low, deplete, and take pills.
- Extract from : « James Fenimore Cooper » by Mary E. Phillips
- It would have been dangerous to deplete the firing line further.
- Extract from : « In the Field (1914-1915) » by Marcel Dupont
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