deplete
de·plete /dɪˈpliːt/ verb [transitive usually passive]
- to reduce the amount of something that is present or available:
- Salmon populations have been severely depleted.
-depletion /dɪˈpliːʃən/ noun [uncountable]:
- the depletion of the ozone layer
designate
des·ig·nate1 /ˈdezɪɡneɪt/ verb [transitive usually passive]
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to choose someone or something for a particular job or purpose
- be designated something
- The lake was recently designated a conservation area.
- designate something as/for something
- Funds were designate for projects in low-income areas.
- designate somebody to do something
- She has been designated to take over the position of treasurer.
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to represent or refer to something using a particular sign, name etc:
- buildings are designated by red squares on the map
disclose
dis·close /dɪsˈkləʊz $ -ˈkloʊz/ verb [transitive] formal
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to make something publicly known, especially after it has been kept secret SYN
reveal:
- Some companies have already voluntarily disclosed similar information.
- He refused to disclose the identity of the politician.
- disclose that
- It was disclosed hat $3.5 million was needed to modernize the building.
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to show something by removing the thing that covers it SYN reveal
THESAURUS
- reveal to let someone know about something that is secret or has not been known
until now:
- Doctors are allowed to reveal confidential information.
- It was revealed that he had smoked marijuana at college.
- tell to talk about something to someone, so that they know about it:
- Don’t tell anyone about this just yet.
- Shall I tell you a secret?
- disclose formal to public reveal something such as a fact or a name that has been
kept secret:
- The term of the agreement have not yet been disclosed.
- The agent did not disclose that there had been a violent crime in the house.
- divulge //daɪˈvʌldʒ, də-// formal to reveal important or personal information
which was previously secret or unknown:
- The bank has refused to divulge its plan.
- I’m afraid I cannot divulge what was said to me.
- make something public to tell people about important information, especially after
it has been kept secret:
- Apparently they were engaged for some time before making it public.
- The government has agreed that sources of financing should in future be made public.
- leak to deliberately give secret information to a newspaper, television company etc,
when a government or other organization wants to keep it secret:
- The contents of the email were leaked to the press.
- A man was charged today with leaking official secrets.
- give something away (also spill the beans informal) to tell someone something
that you want to keep secret:
- He was careful not to give away any trade secrets.
- I’m not going to give away how much I paid for it!
- let slip informal to accidentally tell someone about something:
- He let slop that he was envious of his older brother.
ditch
ditch verb
- [transitive] informal to stop having something because you no longer want it:
- the government has ditched plans to privatise the prison.
- [transitive] informal to end a romantic relationship with someone:
- Meg and Neil were due to marry, but she ditched him.
- [transitive] American English spoken informal to not go to school, a class etc when
you should SYN skip British English:
- Did you ditch class today?
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[transitive] American English spoken informal to leave someone you are with in a
place without telling them you are going
- [intransitive and transitive] to land an aircraft in a controlled crash into water:
- Two balloonists had to ditch during the race.
dogma
dog·ma /ˈdɒɡmə $ ˈdɒːɡmə, ˈdɑːɡmə/noun [uncountable and countable]
a set of firm beliefs held by a group of people who expect other people to accept these
beliefs without thinking about them
- religious/political/ideological etc dogma
- the rejection of political dogma
Reference
- Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English