Fermi's golden rule is valid when the initial state has not been significantly depleted by scattering into the final states.

Habitat destruction remains rampant, and all slow loris populations within its borders are significantly depleted.

Despite this, Royalist forces were significantly depleted by the battle at Bristol.

How much CFCs have already significantly depleted ozone is difficult to assess.

Within 30 years, the soils had been significantly depleted of their natural nutrients.

If one species is significantly depleted, that will have an effect throughout the rest of the trophic levels.

Though relatively healthy now, these populations had been significantly depleted in the past due to the fur trade.

Europe has not dealt with you too severely today, but the ranks of your supporters have been significantly depleted.

But Disney's financial resources were significantly depleted by the construction of the park.

In environmental terms, the credit crunch comes about as finite resources are depleted significantly.