deplete

deplete (something) of (something)

To use all of a resource from an available supply. The rainforest will be depleted of trees if our generation doesn't take action now.
See also: deplete, of
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

deplete something of something

to use up all of a certain thing that something has. They will deplete the soil of its nutrients by planting the same crop over and over.
See also: deplete, of
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • deplete (something) of (something)
  • deplete of
  • make a hole in
  • make a hole in (something)
  • beyond (one's) means
  • beyond means
  • beyond one's means
  • trifle away
  • trifling
  • tapped
References in periodicals archive
* Hormone replacement therapy can deplete vitamins [B.sub.6] and [B.sub.12], folic acid, and magnesium.
Medication and Nutritional Deficiencies; Spinal Cord Stimulation
* Loop diuretics like Lasix [R] (10) deplete the body of calcium, magnesium, potassium, sodium, vitamin B1, vitamin B6, vitamin C, and zinc.
Drug-induced nutrient depletion
"After we used this cognitive task to deplete participants' self-regulatory capacity, they didn't exercise as hard as participants who had not performed the task.
Blame your willpower for failing to exercise after work
However, in the case of DCA, exposure of rodents to high levels depletes GST[zeta] activity, causing the pharmacokinetics in rats to become comparable to humans (Tables 3 and 4).
Low-dose pharmacokinetics and oral bioavailability of dichloroacetate in naive and GST[zeta]-depleted rats. (Articles)
When chemicals like chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) deplete this type of ozone, higher UV levels reach the Earth, facilitating skin cancer and other health threats.
The Hole in the Sky
"And we will deplete it by using Bt or any other insecticide.
Pests find new ways around natural toxins
A new analysis of the chemical processes that deplete deuterium and hydrogen in Venus' atmosphere hints that Venus might once have had an ocean as deep as 10 meters--more than double previous estimates based on atmospheric chemistry.
Tracing Venus' watery past
While such slow destruction could not create an ozone hole over, say, New York, widespread increases in chlorine monoxide could gradually deplete ozone levels over the northern midlatitudes.
U.S. skies harbor ozone destroyer
As a master roll depletes, the machine comes to a stop and awaits the push of a button by the operator.
Dual position quick-change unwind