to deplete

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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

Its reserves have been invaded and depleted.

to reduce or lessen, as by use, exhaustion, or waste
use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"
To empty or unload, as the vessels of human system, by bloodletting or by medicine
To deplete a stock or amount of something means to reduce it. substances that deplete the ozone layer + depleted de·plet·ed Robert E. Lee's worn and depleted army. + depletion de·ple·tion the depletion of underground water supplies. to reduce the amount of something that is present or available (depletus, past participle of deplere, from plere )
{f} exhaust, consume, use up, empty, reduce
to deplete