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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]

  1. 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.

  2. 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

  1. 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.

  2. 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

  1. [transitive] informal to stop having something because you no longer want it:

    • the government has ditched plans to privatise the prison.

  2. [transitive] informal to end a romantic relationship with someone:

    • Meg and Neil were due to marry, but she ditched him.

  3. [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?

  4. [transitive] American English spoken informal to leave someone you are with in a place without telling them you are going

  5. [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