English-Finnish translations for deplete

• kulua
  Maali kului parissa kymmenessä vuodessa pois.
  Rahaa kului paljon.
  Aika kuluu nopeasti.
• kulua tyhjentää
• kuluttaa
  Tällä ikäpolvella – sen paremmin kuin muillakaan – ei ole oikeutta tuhota tai kuluttaa loppuun näin harvinaista ja arvokasta luonnonvaraa. This generation – or any other for that matter – has no right to destroy or deplete such a rare and precious resource.
  Sen sijaan EU tarjoaa tukea vastineeksi kalastusoikeuksista kolmannen maailman maissa ja kuluttaa siksi myös niiden merien kalavarat loppuun. Instead, the EU is offering aid in return for fishing rights in third world countries and will therefore deplete their seas of fish as well.
  Älä kuluta sohvan kangasta pyörimällä siinä edestakaisin!
• tyhjentää
• tyhjetä

Definition of deplete

• To empty or unload, as the vessels of the human system, by bloodletting or by medicine
• 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

Examples

• I noticed a couple of days ago how quickly the battery depletes.
• The ink depletes too quickly.
• Depending on what you print, one color usually depletes faster than the others.
• The temperature gauge doesnt work and the coolant depletes quickly from the reservoir.
• The winter storm quickly depleted the salt supply of the county.
• This drug can deplete the body of magnesium.
• Certain medications can deplete vitamin D.

Related words

• depletion
• depleted
• depletive
• depleted uranium
• ozone depletion
• oxygen depletion