deplete
deplete.01 - to use up or empty out
DEPLETE-V NOTES: Frames file for 'deplete' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus. (from deplete.01-v predicate notes)DEPLETION-N NOTES: (from depletion.01-n)
Aliases:
depletion (n.)
deplete (v.)
deplete (v.)
Roles:
ARG0-PAG: user, emptier, agent
ARG1-PPT: source depleted
ARG2-DIR: depleted of, thing removed
ARG1-PPT: source depleted
ARG2-DIR: depleted of, thing removed
all arguments
The earlier use of incentivesARG0
depletedrel
the marketARG1
of `` scavengers '' for bargain - basement 1989 carsARG2
, he said .transitive
If passed by the voters , the recently announced initiative would phase out major pesticides , reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 40 % , ban new offshore drilling , ban
chemicalsARG0
thought to depleterel
the ozone layerARG1
, and create a new state environmental officer armed with a $ 40 million budget to sue any firm or agency he thinks is being too dirty .arg2- ozone
As an employee of a major refrigerator and freezer manufacturer , I have been heavily involved in dealing with the political manifestations of the Rowland - Molina theory -LRB- named after the researchers who found in 1974 that chlorofluorocarbons contributed to the
depletionrel
of ozone in the earth 's atmosphereARG2
-RRB- and the Montreal Protocol .