deplete
verb (used with object)
to decrease seriously or exhaust the abundance or supply of.
have depleted
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present perfectof deplete.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Police have used tear gas to block demonstrators from swarming government buildings in La Paz, where protest blockades have depleted food supplies and pushed prices up.
From Barron's ● May 21, 2026
The exhibition documented by this book comprises, writes Mr. Kastner, “the final images of their kind that will ever be produced using the process” as the necessary materials have depleted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
A $400,000-a-month burn rate would have depleted Winston’s $25.25 million contract in about five years.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 20, 2025
Its reserves have depleted due to over-mining over the years.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2024
The towns and the cities are now colouring and dominating the country which they have depleted of its men, and the rural districts are becoming a faded replica of town life.
From My Boyhood by John Burroughs
