deplete

verb11

1. •
   To reduce the amount of; to remove (a substance from something)

   • The winter storm quickly depleted the salt supply of the county.
2. •
   To expend or separate a reactant.
3. •
   To reduce the amount of a substance with a medication or medical procedure or due to a illness.

   • Certain medications can deplete vitamin D.
4. •
   To use up, exhaust, or consume (power or resources).

   • Its reserves have been invaded and depleted. — 2007
5. •
   To decrease the amount of an isotope (in a mixture of isotopes).
6. •
   To empty or purge (something of a substance).

   • The conservation project depleted the lake of algae.
   • This drug can deplete the body of magnesium.
7. •
   To clear a compound or solution (of a reactant).

   • Cycling also produces layered scales, as repeated spallation further depletes the compound of Al and allows Cr₂O₃ formation. — 2017
8. •
   To clear a mixture of isotopes (of an isotope or isotopes).

   • The by-product of this process, which depletes uranium of its most radioactive isotopes, is called depleted uranium (DU). — 1999
9. •
   To diminish in quantity or strength; to be consumed.

   • I noticed a couple of days ago how quickly the battery depletes.
   • Depending on what you print, one color usually depletes faster than the others.
10. •
    To be expended or separated (of a substance).

    • As can be seen in Fig. 1.49, FS 21 rapidly depletes of Li⁺ near the surface during the exposure to a NaNO₃ melt and simultaneously enriches in Na⁺. — 2008
11. •
    To undergo loss of an isotope.

    • Since uranium depletes in this process, it is called fissile fuel, nuclear fuel or simply fuel. — 2025