deplete

In Afghanistan, for example, the Taliban had devastated a land that was already poor and had depleted the workforce by half, by preventing, in the name of a religious ideology, women from working.
Par exemple, en Afghanistan, les Taliban ont ravagé une terre déjà pauvre et écarté de la production 50 % des ressources humaines, en empêchant, au nom d'une idéologie religieuse, les femmes de travailler.
A particularly harsh winter that year meant that the settlers had depleted their reserves of food.
Un hiver particulièrement rigoureux cette année-là fit que les colons épuisèrent leurs réserves de nourriture.
I thought we had depleted your resources.
J'ai cru qu'on avait épuisé tes ressources.
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