Deplete

(a.) To empty or unload, as the vessels of human system, by bloodletting or by medicine.

(a.) To reduce by destroying or consuming the vital powers of; to exhaust, as a country of its strength or resources, a treasury of money, etc.

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• The increasing facilities of communication enhanced this tendency and depleted Dublin. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Now that your force has been so much depleted, I do not know what number of men you can put into the field. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• All three divisions were, as a matter of course, more or less shattered and depleted in numbers from the terrible battle of the day. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Several of the craft were limping perceptibly, and seemed but barely under the control of their depleted crews. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• Interior points, less exposed, were also depleted to add to the strength at Corinth. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The luncheon table showed a depleted circle. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• On the 7th of August I further depleted my army by sending the 13th corps, General Ord commanding, to Banks. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• He did try to prevent the English from exchanging exports for European gold, while permitting imports in the hope of depleting England of gold. 李贝. 西洋科学史.

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