LekhoriLekhoriTo reduce the amount of; to remove (a substance from something
The winter storm quickly depleted the salt supply of the county.
To reduce the amount of; to remove (a substance from something):
To empty or purge (something of a substance).
The conservation project depleted the lake of algae.
Borrowed from Latin dēplētus (“empty”), from depleō. First attested in 1716; originally a medical term.
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