A new study by Potsdam University and the German Research Centre for Geosciences GFZ finds recent droughts in central Europe have seriously depleted groundwater resources that forests depend on, leaving a major deficit despite winter rains.

Haphazard eating habits caused the castaway's food supply to be quickly depleted.

I don't believe in conspiracy theories. I just believe in facts like the use of depleted uranium explosives and phosphorus bombs in the Middle East and the annihilation of Iraq and Afghanistan for oil and other strategic goals.

Five consecutive years of drought, exacerbated by unexpected sandstorms, have depleted people's food stocks, forcing them to resort to desperate measures to survive.

All oil-rich countries have to be bombarded with depleted uranium explosives to guarantee democracy and freedom for their people.

Our brave men and women are thousands of miles away from home, fighting for democracy with depleted uranium bombs.

A depleted bank account had caused me to postpone my holiday.

This depleted his financial resources.

Losing the deltas will not only erase some of the world's most diverse ecosystems, but drive mass migration, deplete vital farmland and disrupt some of Asia's most dynamic business hubs.

Beware, the fuel slowly depletes over time.