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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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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.
Over one-fourth of middle school students believe harvesting trees will deplete oxygen in the atmosphere.
Like falling estrogen levels, stress can alter your brain chemistry and deplete serotonin.
Soils that remain saturated deplete soil oxygen and reduce or prevent root growth, resulting in overall plant decline.
As a result, the scavenger hyenas deplete all the resources in the Pridelands, and the land falls apart.
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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