EXPENDED Synonyms: 127 Similar and Opposite Words

expended 1 of 2

adjective

as in consumed

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expended

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verb

past tense of expend

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

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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

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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

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 But the United States has expended much of its stockpile of precision munitions and suffered substantial damage to its regional bases. — Emma Ashford, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 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 Syrskyi also came under intense criticism for his association with the 425th Separate Assault Regiment, known as Skelia, which for many Ukrainians became emblematic of the tactics that expended soldiers’ lives for marginal territorial gains. — ABC News, 23 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for expended

Adjective

Kennedy’s new pyramid places meat, dairy, fruit, and vegetables at the top (most consumed), and tapers down through fruits and vegetables to whole grains.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 31 July 2026
In Stoddart’s estimation, the best way to freeze these semi-consumed cakes is in slices.

— Taylor Tobin, Southern Living, 2 Dec. 2025

Definition of consumed

Verb

Messner was convicted of bankruptcy fraud in 1995 and spent about two years in prison.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026
This is one of the newer segments to join Spotify, which has also been expanding from podcasting and music into fitness, in a push to increase customer stickiness and the time spent on the platform.

— Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of spent

Verb

In fact, even before the show actually starts, Bob can be exhausted, having been awake since some ridiculous hour.

— Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 7 Oct. 2026
Shapiro eventually concedes that good-faith developers are at the Homer City campus, something that earns a broad smile from Steffee, exhausted by the politics.

— Salena Zito, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of exhausted

Adjective

Joe Raedle | Getty Images Diesel prices may need to remain high through 2027 as refinery constraints contend with recovering consumption from governments and companies rebuild depleted inventories, according to Goldman Sachs.

— Matthew Tan, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026
Consistently leaving feeling judged or depleted warrants a closer look at the relationship.

— Angela Haupt, Time, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of depleted

Verb

If those colonoscopies were done in an independent surgery center or physician’s office, insurers would have paid almost two-thirds less.

— Bob Herman, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026
In a rare show of unity, politicians from all ends of the fragmented political spectrum also paid tribute to the medieval ruler, listening to the national anthem and a 21-gun salute.

— COSTAS KANTOURIS, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of paid

Verb

Our joy in the world is drained away, along with our ability to feel fully human.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2026
Micron still trading 15% below its June peak and Nvidia sitting at such a steep discount to the market P/E and that of defensive, capex-light Apple, suggest a level of sobriety that – all else equal – could mean that some risk has been drained away.

— Michael Santoli, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of drained

Adjective

Using reduced cream instead of part of the milk, and adding the milk a little at a time over a long period, and contnnually cleaning the Fons on the bottom of the pan.

— Andy Baraghani, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026
The reduced storage is unlikely to result in lower subscription prices.

— Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of reduced

Verb

Independent consultants, hired by the city, reviewed the plans and found the traffic expected to be generated can be absorbed by surrounding roadways with minimal impact to existing traffic, Latinovic said.

— Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026
Add the flour, chocolate chunks and about three-quarters of the broken graham crackers and stir with a rubber spatula until combined and all the flour is absorbed.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026

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