deplete

Verb

Verb Forms: depleted, depleting, depletes

To use up the supply or resources of something.
use up (resources or materials)
To empty or unload, as the vessels of the human system, by bloodletting or by medicine.
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.

Examples

Certain medications can deplete vitamin D.
Depending on what you print, one color usually depletes faster than the others.
His opponent tried to deplete his vowel supply by forcing short, consonant-heavy Words With Friends plays.
I noticed a couple of days ago how quickly the battery depletes.
The ink depletes too quickly.
The temperature gauge doesn't work and the coolant depletes quickly from the reservoir.
The winter storm quickly depleted the salt supply of the county.
This drug can deplete the body of magnesium.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēplētus (“empty”), from depleō.

Synonyms

consume, eat, eat up, exhaust, run through, use up, wipe out

Antonyms

replenish

Scrabble Score: 10

deplete: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
deplete: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
deplete: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

deplete: valid Words With Friends Word