Definitions for deplete

deplete de·plete

Spelling: [dih-pleet]
IPA: /dɪˈplit/

Deplete is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 83 anagrams from letters in deplete (deeelpt).

Definitions for deplete

verb (used with object)

  1. to decrease seriously or exhaust the abundance or supply of:

Origin of deplete

1800-10; Latin dēplētus empty (past participle of dēplēre to empty out), equivalent to dē- de- + plē(re) to fill + -tus past participle suffix

Examples for deplete

It is only when a "giving out" is accompanied by a "looking in" that it can ever deplete.

He does not deplete himself by drugs, rivalry, strife or anger.

Now to deplete is to check growth by abstracting the very source of nutriment.

We deplete the colony for what is in reality only a handful of men, while it means much to us.

After the harvest was ended the father began to deplete his farm.

However, things like stress, illness, and environmental pollution all deplete your levels.

Even the German invasion at the beginning of the war failed to deplete this stock.

To do this habitually is to so deplete the forces of the spirit that one has nothing left.

And now, the plan is not only to decimate public-sector unions, but all unions—to deplete the money they can spend on politics.

We had to deplete our ship's company again by putting a prize-crew on board.

Word Value for deplete
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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