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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
depleted
adj
  1. no longer sufficient; "supplies are low"; "our funds are depleted"
    Synonym(s): depleted, low
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Deplete \De*plete"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Depleted}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Depleting}.] [From L. deplere to empty out; de- +
      plere to fill. Forined like replete, complete. See {Fill},
      {Full}, a.]
      1. (Med.) To empty or unload, as the vessels of human system,
            by bloodletting or by medicine. --Copland.
  
      2. 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. --Saturday Review.
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