depletion

agotamiento

Reducción de una reserva de algo a medida que se va utilizando.

En inglés sencillo: The process of reducing a supply of something by using it up.

• The report warns of resource depletion.
• Heavy farming caused the depletion of soil nutrients.
• Scientists measured the depletion of the ozone layer.

Cómo se usa: depletion of something (The drought caused a depletion of water supplies.)

Sinónimos: exhaustion, reduction

Antónimos: replenishment

Expresiones frecuentes: depletion of resources, ozone depletion, rapid depletion