depletes

abates, decreases, de-escalates, diminishes, downsizes, dwindles, lessens, lowers, reduces

eats, uses

bankrupts, cleans (out), impoverishes

cripples, debilitates, disables, enfeebles, saps, undermines, weakens

dries up, empties

blows, dissipates, fritters (away), guzzles, lavishes, misspends, runs through, squanders, throws away, wastes

compresses, condenses, constricts, contracts

abbreviates, abridges, clips, crops, curtails, cuts, cuts back, cuts down, docks, nicks, pares, prunes, retrenches, shortens, slashes, trims, truncates, whittles

deflates, shrinks

minimizes

moderates, modifies, modulates, qualifies