noun
- plural of depleter; things or people that reduce or use up a resource, supply, or substance
Usage: commonly used in environmental and scientific contexts
Examples
- Ozone depleters like CFCs were banned in many countries.
- Industrial depleters of groundwater threaten the region's water supply.
- The report identified fossil fuel combustion as one of the major depleters of atmospheric oxygen.
- Overfishing and illegal logging are significant depleters of natural resources.
- Certain chemicals act as depleters of the ozone layer.