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Synonyms for deplete

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Synonyms for deplete

to lessen or weaken severely, as by removing something essential

to make or become no longer active or productive

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* Calcium channel blockers, used for hypertension, deplete potassium.
Surprisingly, antibiotics deplete a wide variety of nutrients, and not so surprisingly, they deplete normal gut flora.
"Cognitive tasks, as well as emotional tasks such as regulating your emotions, can deplete your self-regulatory capacity to exercise," said Kathleen Martin Ginis, associate professor of kinesiology at McMaster University, and lead author of the study.
The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (as Either Adjusted and/or Amended in London 1990, Copenhagen 1992 Vienna 1995, Montreal 1997 Beijing 1999).
Besides UNEP, other organizations involved in the initiative are Interpol, the World Customs Organization, and the secretariats of the three multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) that have trade provisions: the Convention on Inter national Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, and the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal.
We also pretreated one group of three noncannulated rats for 7 days with 0.2 g/L DCA in their drinking water to deplete GST[zeta].
The stage for change was set by the 1987 Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, which identified CFCs and HCFCs as ozone-depleting substances.
That three chemically distinct drugs for manic depression deplete the same neurotransmitter, inositol, is more than coincidence, the researchers argue in their report.