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Word entry · 7 letters

deplete

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"Use up"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /dɪˈpliːt/Part of speech verbSorted deeelptStarts with DEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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expend6 lettersdeplete7 letters

Filled answer is this word (DEPLETE).

Definitions

  1. use up (resources or materials)

Word origin

Borrowed from Latin dēplētus (“empty”), from depleō. First attested in 1716; originally a medical term.

Used in a sentence

  • The winter storm quickly depleted the salt supply of the county.
  • Their numbers have been very heavily depleted in the last few years, and soon a most familiar part of the southern railway scene will have vanished: […].
  • ... depleting the minerals and fuels of the more developed states, leading to a scarcity of these crucial resources.

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