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View definitions for depleting

depleting

adjective as in draining

adjective as in exhausting

adjective as in fatiguing

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The surge in egg prices has been attributed to an outbreak of avian flu that’s depleting chicken populations.

A Christmas card, sent during the most mirthful time of the year, should come from the heart, not a program rapidly depleting our planet’s natural resources.

From Salon

The experts think this epic journey might be down to climate change depleting food stocks or perhaps an odyssey to find a mate.

From BBC

Iza is accused of keeping pictures of the party planner’s credit cards and enough other personal information to continue taking money, eventually depleting the man’s accounts of “tens of thousands of dollars.”

The ideal situation is that Gaetz loses and spends the next four years encouraging Trump to drive out more members of the party, depleting their already thinned-out ranks.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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