Deplete
verb
To use up all or a large part of something.
The long drought has depleted the city's water supply.
Often appears as...
- deplete resources
- deplete stocks
verb
To reduce strength, energy or intensity.
His long illness had severely depleted his strength.
Often appears as...
- deplete energy
- deplete strength
verb
To use up all or a large part of something.
The long drought has depleted the city's water supply.
Often appears as...
- deplete resources
- deplete stocks
verb
To reduce strength, energy or intensity.
His long illness had severely depleted his strength.
Often appears as...
- deplete energy
- deplete strength
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Pro Tip 1/3Resource Context
Use 'deplete' when discussing usage of natural resources or supplies over time.
Overfishing can deplete fish populations in the ocean.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Instant
'Deplete' suggests a gradual process, not an immediate disappearance of something.
Frequent withdrawals will gradually deplete your savings.
Pro Tip 3/3Economic Terms
Often used in economic and financial contexts to discuss diminishing assets or funds.
The expensive lawsuit could deplete the company's capital.
Pro Tip 1/3Resource Context
Use 'deplete' when discussing usage of natural resources or supplies over time.
Overfishing can deplete fish populations in the ocean.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Instant
'Deplete' suggests a gradual process, not an immediate disappearance of something.
Frequent withdrawals will gradually deplete your savings.
Pro Tip 3/3Economic Terms
Often used in economic and financial contexts to discuss diminishing assets or funds.
The expensive lawsuit could deplete the company's capital.
Pro Tip 1/3Resource Context
Use 'deplete' when discussing usage of natural resources or supplies over time.
Overfishing can deplete fish populations in the ocean.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Instant
'Deplete' suggests a gradual process, not an immediate disappearance of something.
Frequent withdrawals will gradually deplete your savings.
Pro Tip 3/3Economic Terms
Often used in economic and financial contexts to discuss diminishing assets or funds.
The expensive lawsuit could deplete the company's capital.
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Will the ocean ever run...
and push fishing industries towards more sustainable practices. Past interventions have successfully helped depleted fish populations recover. There are many solutions. The best approach for each fishery must be considered based on science, respect for the local communities that rely on the ocean, and for fish as wild animals. And then the rules must be enforced.
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What is leukemia? -...
the required amount of functional cells, the blood becomes depleted. The lack of red blood cells means that muscles don't get enough oxygen, the reduced number of platelets is not sufficient to repair wounds, and the dearth of functional white blood cells impairs the immune system, increasing the risk of infections.
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The surprising reason...
Even when ions like sodium, potassium or calcium are depleted in or around the muscle cell, these ions are plentiful elsewhere in the body. With a little time, they will flow back to the areas where they’re needed, sometimes with the help of active sodium and potassium pumps. So if you pause and rest,
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Urbanization and the...
For the first time, people could raise food rather than search for it, and this led to the development of semi-permanent villages for the first time in history. "Why only semi-permanent?" you might ask. Well, at first, the villages still had to relocate every few years as the soil became depleted.
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Why Are There Too Many...
the production of adrenaline in animals stress can deplete the energy of a young pup who needs all its reserves to grow and develop lack of rest in a calm environment damages their ability to regulate their body temperature and build up the strength they'll need to
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Innovating to zero! PIPE...
so it's called depleted uranium. That would power the US for hundreds of years. And simply by filtering seawater in an inexpensive process, you'd have enough fuel for the entire lifetime of the rest of the planet. So, you know, it's got lots of challenges ahead,
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Endangered Penguins of...
there not being an efficiency and that affects the whole life cycle of the Penguins say they don't find enough fish and then they can't breathe our major concern is still overfishing and depleted fish stocks and it's the sardines and anchovies the Penguins
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What if there were 1...
like producing natural bio-chemicals at a pace that could actually accelerate climate change. And even if we succeed in restoring these areas, future generations would need to protect them from the natural and economic forces that previously depleted them.
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How this disease changes...
This short lifespan means that patients live with a constantly depleted supply of red blood cells; a condition called sickle-cell anemia. Perhaps what’s most surprising about this malignant mutation is that it originally evolved as a beneficial adaptation.
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How to build a greener,...
emissions on phosphorus depletion on nitrogen pollution on biodiversity loss on ecosystem degradation the list goes why is this I think this is because we really haven't paid enough attention to
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Will the ocean ever run...
and push fishing industries towards more sustainable practices. Past interventions have successfully helped depleted fish populations recover. There are many solutions. The best approach for each fishery must be considered based on science, respect for the local communities that rely on the ocean, and for fish as wild animals. And then the rules must be enforced.
Video examples
What is leukemia? -...
the required amount of functional cells, the blood becomes depleted. The lack of red blood cells means that muscles don't get enough oxygen, the reduced number of platelets is not sufficient to repair wounds, and the dearth of functional white blood cells impairs the immune system, increasing the risk of infections.
Video examples
The surprising reason...
Even when ions like sodium, potassium or calcium are depleted in or around the muscle cell, these ions are plentiful elsewhere in the body. With a little time, they will flow back to the areas where they’re needed, sometimes with the help of active sodium and potassium pumps. So if you pause and rest,
Video examples
Urbanization and the...
For the first time, people could raise food rather than search for it, and this led to the development of semi-permanent villages for the first time in history. "Why only semi-permanent?" you might ask. Well, at first, the villages still had to relocate every few years as the soil became depleted.
Video examples
Why Are There Too Many...
the production of adrenaline in animals stress can deplete the energy of a young pup who needs all its reserves to grow and develop lack of rest in a calm environment damages their ability to regulate their body temperature and build up the strength they'll need to
Video examples
Innovating to zero! PIPE...
so it's called depleted uranium. That would power the US for hundreds of years. And simply by filtering seawater in an inexpensive process, you'd have enough fuel for the entire lifetime of the rest of the planet. So, you know, it's got lots of challenges ahead,
Video examples
Endangered Penguins of...
there not being an efficiency and that affects the whole life cycle of the Penguins say they don't find enough fish and then they can't breathe our major concern is still overfishing and depleted fish stocks and it's the sardines and anchovies the Penguins
Video examples
What if there were 1...
like producing natural bio-chemicals at a pace that could actually accelerate climate change. And even if we succeed in restoring these areas, future generations would need to protect them from the natural and economic forces that previously depleted them.
Video examples
How this disease changes...
This short lifespan means that patients live with a constantly depleted supply of red blood cells; a condition called sickle-cell anemia. Perhaps what’s most surprising about this malignant mutation is that it originally evolved as a beneficial adaptation.
Video examples
How to build a greener,...
emissions on phosphorus depletion on nitrogen pollution on biodiversity loss on ecosystem degradation the list goes why is this I think this is because we really haven't paid enough attention to
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Mel Robbins
American Journalist
I believe that 'passion' is another word for energy. That's it. What energizes you? And that - we naturally have a tremendous amount of body wisdom about that, and that every one of us has a internal fuel tank that is either empty or full. And if you're empty, you feel depleted. If you're full, you feel energized.
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Howard Fast
American Novelist
Since I believe that a person's philosophical point of view has little meaning if it is not matched by being and action, I found myself willingly wed to an endless series of unpopular causes, experiences which I feel enriched my writing as much as they depleted other aspects of my life.
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Sherry Argov
American Writer
The nice girl thinks she's giving up something to get something better in return. She gives up control over her own life. When the time comes for her to get what she expected, she winds up disappointed. In addition to being empty-handed, she's depleted.
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John C. Maxwell
American Clergyman
Exceptionally hard decisions can deplete your energy to the point at which you finally cave in. If you mentally crumble and degenerate into negative thinking, you'll magnify the problem to the point where it can haunt you.
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Gisele Bundchen
Brazilian Model
For too long, the world has been focused on short-term growth and development at the expense of our long-term survival as we have depleted our natural resources at historically reckless rates.
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Severn Cullis-Suzuki
Canadian Activist
The Haida people taught me when you are depleted, go to places that are sacred for you - the ocean, or a forest. That is where you will find incredible energy.
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Al Pacino
American Actor
You do get very tired sometimes, when you're sitting around for hours in movies. You get depleted.
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Henry Selick
American Director
Puppets seem like vampires sometimes. They live, and you're depleted.
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Daniel Day-Lewis
British Actor
I depleted myself to the point where I had nothing left.
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Arun Jaitley
Indian Politician
Only a state with resources can deplete poverty.
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Mel Robbins
American Journalist
I believe that 'passion' is another word for energy. That's it. What energizes you? And that - we naturally have a tremendous amount of body wisdom about that, and that every one of us has a internal fuel tank that is either empty or full. And if you're empty, you feel depleted. If you're full, you feel energized.
Quote examples
Howard Fast
American Novelist
Since I believe that a person's philosophical point of view has little meaning if it is not matched by being and action, I found myself willingly wed to an endless series of unpopular causes, experiences which I feel enriched my writing as much as they depleted other aspects of my life.
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Sherry Argov
American Writer
The nice girl thinks she's giving up something to get something better in return. She gives up control over her own life. When the time comes for her to get what she expected, she winds up disappointed. In addition to being empty-handed, she's depleted.
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John C. Maxwell
American Clergyman
Exceptionally hard decisions can deplete your energy to the point at which you finally cave in. If you mentally crumble and degenerate into negative thinking, you'll magnify the problem to the point where it can haunt you.
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Gisele Bundchen
Brazilian Model
For too long, the world has been focused on short-term growth and development at the expense of our long-term survival as we have depleted our natural resources at historically reckless rates.
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Severn Cullis-Suzuki
Canadian Activist
The Haida people taught me when you are depleted, go to places that are sacred for you - the ocean, or a forest. That is where you will find incredible energy.
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Al Pacino
American Actor
You do get very tired sometimes, when you're sitting around for hours in movies. You get depleted.
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Henry Selick
American Director
Puppets seem like vampires sometimes. They live, and you're depleted.
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Daniel Day-Lewis
British Actor
I depleted myself to the point where I had nothing left.
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Arun Jaitley
Indian Politician
Only a state with resources can deplete poverty.
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