1) уменьшать 2) обеднять 3) истощать
глагол [литературно-книжное] 1) истощать, исчерпывать (запасы, финансовые ресурсы) Например: to deplete somebody's bank account [шутливое] — разорять кого-либо to deplete the body of vitamin C — вызывать недостаток витамина С в организме Синоним(ы): exhaust, use up, drain, consume, empty, expend 2) [медицина] очищать кишечник 3) [медицина] производить кровопускание
глагол экономика природопользования истощать, исчерпывать (запасы или ресурсы) Например: to deplete the fertility of the soil — истощать плодородие почвы Синоним(ы): exhaust
transitive verb (depleted; depleting) Etymology: Latin depletus, past participle of deplēre, from de- + plēre to fill — more at full 1. to empty of a principal substance 2. to lessen markedly in quantity, content, power, or value • depletable adjective • depleter noun • depletion noun • depletive adjective Synonyms: deplete, drain, exhaust, impoverish, bankrupt mean to deprive of something essential to existence or potency. deplete implies a reduction in number or quantity so as to endanger the ability to function Example: depleting our natural resources. drain implies a gradual withdrawal and ultimate deprivation of what is necessary to an existence Example: personal tragedy had drained him of all spirit. exhaust stresses a complete emptying Example: her lecture exhausted the subject. impoverish suggests a deprivation of something essential to richness or productiveness Example: impoverished soil. bankrupt suggests impoverishment to the point of imminent collapse Example: war had bankrupted the nation of resources.