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   deplete

   /dɪˈpliːt/

   verb

   • 1. use up the supply or resources of: "reservoirs have been depleted by years of drought"
   • ▪ diminish in number or quantity: "supplies are depleting fast"

   Word Origin early 19th century (earlier (mid. 17th century) as depletion): from Latin deplet- ‘emptied out’, from the verb deplere, from de- (expressing reversal) + plere ‘fill’ (from plenus ‘full’).

   Derivatives

   • 1. depleter noun

   Scrabble Points: 10

   • D

     2

   • E

     1

   • P

     3

   • L

     1

   • E

     1

   • T

     1

   • E

     1

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