📉depletion (déplishon)

noun
dɪˈpliː.ʃən
épuisement (epuisement)

Signification

The gradual reduction or exhaustion of a resource or substance.
Reduction in the number or quantity of something.
Traduction de la signification
La réduction progressive ou l'épuisement d'une ressource ou d'une substance.
La reduction progressive ou l'epuisement d'une ressource ou d'une substance.

Phrases d'exemple

Overuse of groundwater leads to depletion of water resources.

Une utilisation excessive de l'eau souterraine entraîne l'épuisement des ressources en eau.
Une utilisation excessive de l'eau souterraine entraine l'epuisement des ressources en eau.

Overfishing has led to the depletion of marine life.

La surpêche a conduit à l'épuisement de la vie marine.
La surpeche a conduit a l'epuisement de la vie marine.

Synonymes

exhaustion, reduction, decline
Entrée 1
exhaustion, reduction, decline
Entrée 2
exhaustion, reduction, decline

Antonymes

growth, increase, abundance
Entrée 1
growth, increase, abundance
Entrée 2
growth, increase, abundance

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