exhaust

deplete, drain, exhaust, impoverish, bankrupt mean to deprive of something essential to existence or potency. deplete implies a reduction in number or quantity so as to endanger the ability to function.

• • depleting our natural resources

drain implies a gradual withdrawal and ultimate deprivation of what is necessary to an existence.

• • personal tragedy had drained him of all spirit

exhaust stresses a complete emptying.

• • her lecture exhausted the subject

impoverish suggests a deprivation of something essential to richness or productiveness.

• • impoverished soil

bankrupt suggests impoverishment to the point of imminent collapse.

• • war had bankrupted the nation of resources

tire, weary, fatigue, exhaust, jade mean to make or become unable or unwilling to continue. tire implies a draining of one's strength or patience.

• • the long ride tired us out

weary stresses tiring until one is unable to endure more of the same thing.

• • wearied of the constant arguing

fatigue suggests great lassitude from excessive strain or undue effort.

• • fatigued by the day's chores

exhaust implies complete draining of strength by hard exertion.

• • shoveling snow exhausted him

jade suggests the loss of all freshness and eagerness.

• • appetites jaded by overindulgence