reduce, exhaust, decrease, lessen
Tire, exhaust, consume and deplete.
Yes it can be. To deplete something is an action and therefore a verb.
Deplete
Sometimes chemotherapy can deplete a patient's energy.
halon is another name. they deplete ozone.
Borrow. Deplete. Delete. Destroy.
Exhaust means to drain a person of their mental or physical resources or use up resources completely. Another word for exhaust is fatigue. Other words for exhaust include drain, overtire, and deplete.
Another word for using something up, especially money, is "expend." It implies spending or utilizing resources until they are depleted. Other synonyms include "deplete" or "consume."
If you deplete the resources on an island, you would be forced to move to find more. Continued use of fossil fuels will deplete the existing supplies in a less than a century.
After I made my sandwich, my jar of peanut butter was completely depleted.
The noun form of deplete is depletion.
Oh ... oh my gosh, I can't believe it. Someone asked for an antonym for a word that actually has an antonym; do you have any idea how rare that is?The antonym for replenish is "deplete".