Synonyms of expended

expended 1 of 2

adjective

as in consumed

Related Words

• consumed
• spent
• depleted
• drained
• exhausted
• diminished
• reduced
• lessened
• debilitated
• enfeebled
• bankrupted
• uncultivable
• dry
• arid
• untillable
• used up
• dried-up
• sere
• thirsty
• desert
• droughty
• waterless
• lifeless
• rainless
• inhospitable
• waste
• baked
• dehydrated
• bleak
• unproductive
• parched
• sunbaked
• impoverished
• unfertile
• barren
• poor
• desolate
• bony
• infertile
• hardscrabble
• dead
• stark

Dissimilar Words

• productive
• fruitful
• rich
• fertile
• lush
• luxuriant
• arable
• green
• tillable
• verdant
• sylvan

expended

2 of 2

verb

past tense of expend

1

as in spent

to hand over or use up in payment

redecoration will have to wait, since we've just expended our last dollar in buying the house

Synonyms & Similar Words

• spent
• paid
• disbursed
• gave
• outlaid
• laid out
• wasted
• forked (over, out, or up)
• shelled out
• lavished
• dropped
• squandered
• rained
• dissipated
• threw away
• ran through
• blew
• frittered (away)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• saved
• made
• procured
• acquired
• earned
• realized
• hoarded
• gained
• secured
• laid up
• won
• cached
• garnered

2

as in exhausted

to make complete use of

settlers had to be sure not to expend their supply of firewood before the end of the long winter

Synonyms & Similar Words

• spent
• consumed
• exhausted
• drained
• absorbed
• reduced
• depleted
• burned
• used
• wasted
• ate
• emptied
• devoured
• used up
• drew down
• played out
• decreased
• ran out of
• diminished
• lowered
• dwindled
• weakened
• sapped
• lessened
• downsized
• bankrupted
• undermined
• cleaned (out)
• misspent
• abated
• impoverished
• squandered
• crippled
• debilitated
• lavished
• enfeebled
• dissipated
• dried up
• disabled
• guzzled
• de-escalated
• blew
• threw away
• ran through
• frittered (away)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• increased
• replaced
• renewed
• augmented
• enlarged
• enforced
• reinforced
• strengthened
• restored
• preserved
• saved
• repaired
• revived
• rebuilt
• fortified
• bolstered
• conserved

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of expended

Adjective

Depots could reconstitute expended stocks on site, as quickly as mineral precursors can be extracted and processed. — Dan Driscoll, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2026

After the lunar landers separated from SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, the team sought to maneuver the expended rocket away from the moon, in line with best practices. — Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2026

Power said members of the Detective Division responded to the scene and found several bullet holes on the outside of the building as well as several expended shell casings in the parking lot. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 13 May 2026

The expended casing was submitted to a national ballistic imaging database, called NIBIN, run by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. — Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 26 Dec. 2025

Verb

What goes up … But by the midterm year of 1966, much of the energy from LBJ's landslide election in 1964 had been expended — and much more had been siphoned off by his escalation of the war in Vietnam. — Ron Elving, NPR, 24 Oct. 2026

Vast quantities of exquisite and expensive American munitions have been expended on wars, even as Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid absorb over 60 percent of federal revenue. — Niall Ferguson, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2026

Of that amount, approximately $94,000 has been expended to date, leaving a balance of $146,000. — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Before the Iran war, defense contractors were producing only about 620 Patriots and 96 THAAD each year — fewer than half the number expended during a few weeks this spring. — Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026

Specific inventory numbers are classified, but CSIS estimates that about 65% of Patriot interceptors were expended between February and July, with less than 850 left on hand, down from 2,330 before the Iran war began. — James Powel, USA Today, 9 Aug. 2026

The first-stage booster made its 32nd and final flight as it was expended getting the payload to geosynchronous transfer orbit. — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2026

The agreements are the latest in a slew of Pentagon deals to increase production of air defense systems, which the United States has quickly expended in its war on Iran. — Julia Gledhill, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

Antiquing is usually a more expensive hobby, in part because of the time and effort that dealers have expended curating their items for sale. — Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 25 July 2026