To lessen or weaken severely, as by removing something essential

• use up

  1. (of a resource) to consume, deplete or exhaust
  2. (of time or space) to take or occupy

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  1. (of a resource) to consume, deplete or exhaust
  2. (of time or space) to take or occupy

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• sap

  1. The watery fluid that circulates through a plant, carrying food and other substances to the various tissues.
  2. Health and energy; vitality:
  3. A foolish or gullible person.

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  1. The watery fluid that circulates through a plant, carrying food and other substances to the various tissues.
  2. Health and energy; vitality:
  3. A foolish or gullible person.

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• impoverish

  1. To reduce to poverty; make poor.
  2. To deprive of richness or strength:

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  1. To reduce to poverty; make poor.
  2. To deprive of richness or strength:

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• exhaust

  1. To make extremely weary; wear out.
  2. To remove a resource from; deplete:
  3. To use up completely:

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  1. To make extremely weary; wear out.
  2. To remove a resource from; deplete:
  3. To use up completely:

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• drain

  1. To draw off (a liquid) by a gradual process:
  2. To cause liquid to go out from; empty:
  3. To draw off the surface water of:

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  1. To draw off (a liquid) by a gradual process:
  2. To cause liquid to go out from; empty:
  3. To draw off the surface water of:

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To make or become no longer active or productive

• run out

  1. Alternative spelling of runout.
  2. (intransitive, idiomatic) To use up; to consume all of something.
  3. (intransitive) To expire, to come to an end.

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  1. Alternative spelling of runout.
  2. (intransitive, idiomatic) To use up; to consume all of something.
  3. (intransitive) To expire, to come to an end.

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• play out

  1. To play (a game etc.) to its conclusion.
  2. To play music to accompany the end of, or as a final segment in (a programme, broadcast etc.).
  3. (intransitive) To occur in a certain manner.

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  1. To play (a game etc.) to its conclusion.
  2. To play music to accompany the end of, or as a final segment in (a programme, broadcast etc.).
  3. (intransitive) To occur in a certain manner.

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• give out

  1. (transtive) To announce (a hymn) to be sung; to read out (the words) for the congregation to sing
  2. To put forth, utter (prayers).
  3. To issue; to distribute.

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  1. (transtive) To announce (a hymn) to be sung; to read out (the words) for the congregation to sing
  2. To put forth, utter (prayers).
  3. To issue; to distribute.

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• dry up

  1. (intransitive) To become dry (often of weather); to lose water.
  2. To cause to become dry.
  3. To deprive someone of (something vital).

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  1. (intransitive) To become dry (often of weather); to lose water.
  2. To cause to become dry.
  3. To deprive someone of (something vital).

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• desiccate

  1. To dry out thoroughly.
  2. To preserve (foods) by removing the moisture.
  3. To make dry, dull, or lifeless:

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  1. To dry out thoroughly.
  2. To preserve (foods) by removing the moisture.
  3. To make dry, dull, or lifeless:

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