depleted

[US]/di'plitid/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. used up; exhausted; emptied
v. to reduce; to empty out; to use up resources

Phrases & Collocations

resources depleted

energy depleted

depleted supplies

depleted reserves

depleted stockpile

oxygen depleted

depleted uranium

depleted population

Example Sentences

avoid getting depleted and depressed.

Both teams were severely depleted by injuries.

By the end of the winter the supply of grain was severely depleted.

Objective To investigate more effective substances or their combination for depleted uranium (DU) decorporation.

A tax advantage is also available to holders of most depletive assets—those which are used up, or depleted, over a period of time—like oil, natural gas, uranium, or coal.

Short term tolerance can be caused by depleted levels of neurotransmitters within the vesicles available for release into the synaptic cleft following subsequent reuse (tachyphylaxis).

Real-world Examples

Land severely depleted by urbanization, population growth, intensive agriculture and climate change.

Source: VOA Standard English_Africa

Fire fighting resources are depleted as new fires continue to ignite.

Source: BBC Listening Collection August 2020

As these resources are depleted, fishermen find themselves without a job.

Source: Economic Crash Course

The electric cells you use to generate this marvelous force must be depleted very quickly.

Source: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Original Version)

Other, even more severe, fatal complications can come from depleted electrolytes and water in the blood.

Source: Osmosis - Microorganisms

" How can you find this lush, teeming of life in the otherwise, nutrient depleted ocean."

Source: Science in 60 Seconds - Scientific American April 2022 Collection

The coal mine on the mountain is depleted.

Source: Lai Shixiong Basic English Vocabulary 2000

But climate change, deforestation and agriculture mean the CO2-soaking-up ability of the continents is being depleted.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

But stars like our sun swell into bloated red giants when the nuclear fuel in their cores is depleted.

Source: High-frequency vocabulary in daily life

Large-scale agriculture had been booming for a few hundred years, and soils were quickly getting depleted of nutrients.

Source: Scishow Selected Series

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