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Depleter

/dɪˈpliː.tər/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #45000 frequency
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  1. 1

    A person, substance, or factor that exhausts, diminishes, or uses up a resource, supply, or energy.

    "Fossil fuels act as a major depleter of global natural resources."
  2. 2

    In physiology or ecology, an element that significantly reduces the concentration of a specific compound or population.

    "Ozone depleters are tightly regulated under international environmental treaties."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the verb 'deplete', originating from Latin 'depletus', the past participle of 'deplere' meaning 'to empty out', composed of the prefix de- ('down', 'completely') plus plere ('to fill'). The agent suffix '-er' was added in Modern English to denote an entity or substance that causes depletion.

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