Quantity

Synonyms for deplete

Synonyms for deplete: diminish and drain. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.

2 synonyms · Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · verb · 1 reason line

The 2 synonyms for deplete

Interchangeable with deplete in this sense

Audited under deplete's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one deplete carries in that sense.

diminishverb, in the sense "reduce the quantity of something substantially"

Recorded from the other side of the pair

These entries were written under the other word and name deplete as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.

draindrain is a verb in the sense "to gradually reduce the amount or number of something"

The first group is filed under deplete's own sense. The second reaches deplete from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside it is that word's.

The senseverbTier 2, TreelineQuantity

reduce the quantity of something substantially

Years of overfishing began to deplete the tuna population.

One sentence, one sense. Without it the word could be read three other ways.

The true synonym

diminish

Same sentence, swapped: Years of overfishing began to diminish the tuna population.

Close but different

The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot deplete is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.

relocate
endanger
monitor

Where deplete turns up in the game

deplete is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.

Play deplete

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so deplete reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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The ring widens as it goes, from quantity at Treeline outward to the whole bank.

stockpileverbhoardaccumulate a large supply of something for future useTreelineHas a reason line surplusnounglutan amount left over after requirements have been metTreelineHas a reason line throngnounhordea large, densely packed crowd of peopleTreelineHas a reason line widespreadadjectiveextensivefound or occurring over a large area or in great numbersTreelineHas a reason line meageradjectiveskimpysmall in amount; barely sufficientTreelineHas a reason line modicumnounsmidgena small quantity of something, especially something desirableRidgelineHas a reason line multitudenounpacka large indefinite quantityRidgeline successornounreplacementa person who follows next in orderTreelineHas a reason line

Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here

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