deplete
/dɪˈplit/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.65 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The winter storm quickly depleted the salt supply of the county."
- "Their numbers have been very heavily depleted in the last few years, and soon a most familiar part of the southern railway scene will have vanished: […]."
- "... depleting the minerals and fuels of the more developed states, leading to a scarcity of these crucial resources."
- "[page 1-54:] Here [in Gabon ...], concentrations of slightly enriched uranium were deposited as sediments in a stream bed and formed seven separate water moderated reactors which operated for thousands of years, depleting the uranium and producing fission products, plutonium and other actinides."
- "Certain medications can deplete vitamin D."
- "Its reserves have been invaded and depleted."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *pleh₁-
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /dɪˈplit/
- British English: /dɪˈpliːt/
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.