EXPENDED Synonyms: 127 Similar and Opposite Words

expended 1 of 2

adjective

as in consumed

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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

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 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

At least $343,100 is to be spent on surveillance after the president falsely blamed vandals for damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

— Dan Diamond, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2026
On a humid morning in June, Ramadan Elmoudi nervously watched grid current flow into a machine his colleagues had spent years building and kept his expectations low.

— Alex Pasternack, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of spent

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Trump is waging a campaign in the final moments of the midterm election to quell discontent among farmers, truckers and drivers exhausted by $4 gas and near-record diesel.

— Matt Egan, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026
In an interview with the Financial Times, published today, Zelenskyy indicated his own patience had been exhausted.

— David Hickey, NBC news, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of exhausted

Adjective

And Dieffenbach, who was racking up college offers, was left with a depleted roster and a grim senior season outlook.

— Connor Dullinger, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
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

Definition of depleted

Verb

The deal is reportedly worth $15 million a year, nearly four times what James is paid to play basketball for the Philadelphia 76ers.

— Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2026
Among the city’s top 15 earners, 11 were police officers and supervisors — all paid more than $245,000 per year.

— Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026

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But Jess Ralston, a senior energy analyst at Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit, a non profit focused on climate change, said that 90% of the oil and gas has already been drained from the North Sea basin.

— Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026
Salvador has treated patients whose infections formed pockets of pus that had to be drained to protect their vision.

— Angela Haupt, Time, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of drained

Adjective

Smaller packs, demanding conditions Nyobolt’s high-power battery technology combines rapid charging with a design focused on cycle life and reduced system weight.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
Cleaning rooms less frequently can also help hotels reduce labor expenses, although reduced housekeeping has raised concerns among workers about heavier workloads and the impact on guests.

— Ashley Lynch, Kansas City Star, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of reduced

Verb

Ninety percent of those particles were small enough to qualify as nanoplastics, which are small enough to cross the blood-brain barrier and be absorbed into human cells.

— Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
The new generation of therapeutic peptides is chemically modified to resist breakdown in the gastrointestinal tract, where traditional peptide drugs degrade before they can be absorbed.

— Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 16 Oct. 2026

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