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DEPLETED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
No longer sufficient
Example:
our funds are depleted
Synonyms:
depleted; low
Classified under:
Similar:
deficient; insufficient (of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb deplete
Context examples:
It is possible the process of moon formation in Saturn's rings has ended with Peggy, as Saturn's rings now are, in all likelihood, too depleted to make more moons.
(Possible New Moon Forming Around Saturn, NASA)
All fish need dissolved oxygen, but the biggest species are particularly vulnerable to depleted oxygen levels because they need much more to survive.
(Oceans running out of oxygen at unprecedented rate, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
When healthy liver cells are depleted by long-term exposure to toxic chemicals, the newly discovered cells, known as hybrid hepatocytes, generate new tissue more efficiently than normal liver cells.
(Newly discovered cells restore liver damage in mice without cancer risk, NIH)
A diffuse form of classical Hodgkin lymphoma which is rich in Hodgkin and Reed-Sternberg cells and/or depleted in non-neoplastic lymphocytes.
(Lymphocyte Depleted Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus/WHO)
When mammals exhale, the depleted air follows the same route out of the body, exhibiting a so-called tidal flow pattern.
(Following the lizard lung labyrinth, National Science Foundation)
And while the Maya people survived beyond this period, their political and economic power was depleted.
(Scientists measure severity of drought during the Maya collapse, University of Cambridge)
Unfortunately, the original French green clays were depleted.
(New answer to MRSA, other 'superbug' infections: clay minerals?, NSF)
There is an increase in the risk of hemorrhage as the body is depleted of platelets and coagulation factors.
(Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)
Scientists have long believed that the moon has gone through epochs of cooling and warming, as methane is depleted by solar-driven chemistry and then resupplied.
(New Models Suggest Titan Lakes Are Explosion Craters, NASA)
After intense effort, when ATP deposits are depleted, creatine phosphate donates phosphate groups toward the fast synthesis of ATP.
(Creatine Monohydrate, NCI Thesaurus)
