0 present participle of deplete
1 to reduce something in size or amount, especially supplies of energy, money, etc.:
These will help in improving waste management and will also supplement the depleting renewable energy sources.
This was to address concerns that elephant population increase adversely affects other species through depleting their food in key areas close to permanent water.
They concede the impact of the gold-rushes arguing that 'the effect of the gold-rushes should not be underestimated in depleting sources of labour' (p. 208).
As expected, plantation crops, especially tree crops, are less depleting than annual crops, which are also given a chapter.
It may also be that collisions have the effect of depleting ion angular momentum, thus increasing the ion current, and reducing the equilibrium potential.
Depleting a stock of a non-renewable resource does not change the economy's instantaneous net productive capacity.
Attempts a t modulating this rejection process have therefore targeted this so-called direct pathway of antigen recognition, by depleting the passenger leukocytes in the graft.
It could operate up to 45 min before depleting the energy stored in the batteries.
