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drain
noun as in channel through which liquid runs off
verb as in remove liquid; remove supply
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Example Sentences
Thompson, from Suffolk, said she and fellow competitors were "mentally drained" having "received backlash and insults" since the decision, which "needs to stop".
And some families are draining their retirement accounts to keep parents safe at home.
As it turns out, Gladys, avid in the occult, is keeping those kids in a trance to drain them of their energy and stay alive.
Rats live in drains, sewers and burrows, and emerge mostly at night, so counting them is nearly impossible and estimates on rat population figures vary.
She described in her essay the transplant doctors drained from her sister's arms and chemotherapy that made her once "great hair" fall out.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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