depletion

/dษชหˆpliหสƒษ™n/

IPA: /D IH0 P L IY1 SH AH0 N/

noun
  1. 1

    The act of depleting, or the state of being depleted; exhaustion.

  2. 2

    The consumption of a resource faster than it can be replenished.

  3. 3

    The act of relieving congestion or plethora, by purging, blood-letting, or reduction of the system by abstinence.

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