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What does deplete mean?

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Verb
  1. To empty or unload, as the vessels of the human system, by bloodletting or by medicine.
  2. To reduce by destroying or consuming the vital powers of; to exhaust, as a country of its strength or resources, a treasury of money, etc.
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Strong tactics may deplete the support provider's emotional resources at a faster rate than they can be replenished.
European frogbit can displace native aquatic plants and deplete dissolved oxygen levels, impacting fish and wildlife.
The OPFOR was duped and forced to deplete quantities of air scatterable mines to cover what was thought to be two separate attacks.
And I told my creditors that we needed to give these people 10 days of severance, even though that would deplete the rest of our cash.
Like falling estrogen levels, stress can alter your brain chemistry and deplete serotonin.
Moss adds that chemotherapy and radiation deplete antioxidants so severely that it's necessary to take supplements to maintain normal levels.

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