depletion

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/dɪˈpliːʃən/ English

Definitions

noun

The act of depleting, or the state of being depleted; exhaustion.
The consumption of a resource faster than it can be replenished.
The act of relieving congestion or plethora, by purging, blood-letting, or reduction of the system by abstinence.

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Synonyms

exhaustion burnout shrinkage fatigue exhausted diminishing decline decrease wastage collapse diminution destruction dilution rarefaction weakening starvation

Associated

gilding ozone stratospheric stratosphere capacitance warming diode depleted groundwater stocks dopamine intracellular

Rhymes

accretion excretion deletion secretion completion venetian internal secretion carburetion mucous secretion pass completion

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