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use up (resources or materials)

The poorer a country's people are, the greater the temptation to deplete the country's forests and fisheries.

deplete = use up (resources or materials)

Our bottles and skin are fairly full, but with two drinking and this hot sun it won't take long to deplete them.
Suzanne Collins -- The Hunger Games

deplete = use up

It had become, in a very real way, a wealthy home, even though Morrie's bank account was rapidly depleting.
Mitch Albom -- Tuesdays with Morrie

depleting = being used up

We're coated in flowers but our sacks are nearly depleted.
Libba Bray -- Sweet Far Thing
This had depleted the treasury, but never mind, she could manage the reception herself right here at Marydell Road.
Russell Baker -- Growing Up
Siri accepted her depleted cup without commenting.
Dan Simmons -- Hyperion
Let's blame the Cold War and the hostage situation in Iran and the depletion of the ozone layer on Kemp.
Stephen King -- Cujo

(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)

The blessing of Mars faded, leaving him depleted.
Rick Riordan -- The House of Hades
A race of aliens that depleted their planet's resources in the quest for advancement, now doing the same thing here.
Pittacus Lore -- I Am Number Four
We've had that individual Quality in the past, exploited it as a natural resource without knowing it, and now it's just about depleted.
Robert M. Pirsig -- Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
All we're really doing is depleting our small cache of food and waiting for...what?
Suzanne Collins -- Mockingjay
Cullivan, in appearance a cautious bank clerk with depleted hair and a face rather difficult to recall, agreed that outwardly he hadn't changed much.
Truman Capote -- In Cold Blood
We were depleted—emotionally, and by the numbers of those we'd lost—but grateful to be alive.
Lisa See -- Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
By the time the depleted regiment had again reached the first open space they were receiving a fast and merciless fire.
Stephen Crane -- The Red Badge of Courage
Bernard and Goretti grew bananas, cassava, potatoes, and beans on a depleted half-acre plot, but they barely earned enough to survive.
Nicholas D. Kristof -- Half the Sky
Depleted and alone in the fountain, Langdon half-expected to collapse.
Dan Brown -- Angels & Demons
It was very often used in armor-piercing ammunition, particularly when the material of choice, depleted uranium, wasn't available.
David Baldacci -- Zero Day
We were sorely depleted already in trades of all kinds.
Geraldine Brooks -- Year of Wonders
Virgie worked for the very people that were out depleting the woods, Mr. Nesbitt's company.
Eudora Welty -- The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty
There was problem after prob-lem to overcome, not least of which was that their store of Polyjuice Potion was greatly depleted.
J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

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