All deplete synonyms
de·plete
D d verb deplete
- drain — to withdraw or draw off (a liquid) gradually; remove slowly or by degrees, as by filtration: to drain oil from a crankcase.
- bankrupt — People or organizations that go bankrupt do not have enough money to pay their debts.
- lessen — to become less.
- reduce — to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number, etc.: to reduce one's weight by 10 pounds.
- squander — to spend or use (money, time, etc.) extravagantly or wastefully (often followed by away).
- decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
- impoverish — to reduce to poverty: a country impoverished by war.
- diminish — to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce.
- sap — Fortification. a deep, narrow trench constructed so as to form an approach to a besieged place or an enemy's position.
- undermine — to injure or destroy by insidious activity or imperceptible stages, sometimes tending toward a sudden dramatic effect.
- weaken — to make weak or weaker.
- use up — to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife.
- draw — to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
- finish — to bring (something) to an end or to completion; complete: to finish a novel; to finish breakfast.
- milk — cow's milk for food
- bleed — When you bleed, you lose blood from your body as a result of injury or illness.
- waste — to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words.
- spend — to pay out, disburse, or expend; dispose of (money, wealth, resources, etc.): resisting the temptation to spend one's money.
- dry up — free from moisture or excess moisture; not moist; not wet: a dry towel; dry air.
- wash up — the act or process of washing with water or other liquid: to give the car a wash.
- eat up — to take into the mouth and swallow for nourishment; chew and swallow (food).
- run down — melted or liquefied: run butter.
- consume — If you consume something, you eat or drink it.
noun deplete
- clean out — If you clean out something such as a cupboard, room, or container, you take everything out of it and clean the inside of it thoroughly.
- dilapidate — to cause or allow (a building, automobile, etc.) to fall into a state of disrepair, as by misuse or neglect (often used passively): The house had been dilapidated by neglect.
- lay waste — to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words.
- wrecker — a person or thing that wrecks.
- ruination — the act or state of ruining or the state of being ruined.