depletion

depletion
    n 1: the act of decreasing something markedly
    2: the state of being depleted
    

Depletion \De*ple"tion\, n. [Cf. F. d['e]pl['e]tion.]
   1. The act of depleting or emptying.
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   2. (Med.) the act or process of diminishing the quantity of
      fluid in the vessels by bloodletting or otherwise; also
      excessive evacuation, as in severe diarrhea.
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75 Moby Thesaurus words for "depletion":
      ablation, absorption, assimilation, attrition, burning up,
      cleaning out, clearance, clearing, consumption, corrosion,
      curtailment, cut, cutting, decrease, decrement, defecation,
      deliquescence, depreciation, derogation, detraction, digestion,
      diminution, dip, discharging cargo, disparagement, dissipation,
      dissolution, drain, drainage, draining, eating up, egress,
      elimination, emptying, erosion, evacuation, evaporation, excretion,
      exhausting, exhaustion, expending, expenditure, extraction,
      finishing, impairment, impoverishment, ingestion, leakage,
      lessening, loss, off-loading, reduction, remission, removal,
      retraction, retrenchment, shortening, shrinkage, spending,
      squandering, truncation, unloading, using, using up, venting,
      voidance, voiding, wastage, waste, wastefulness, wasting away,
      wear and tear, wearing, wearing away, wearing down