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drainverb to remove (liquid) gradually or completelywe drained the water from the tank before cleaning it bleed, draft, draw (off), pump, siphon(also syphon), tap milksuckclear, empty, evacuate, exhaust, vacate, vacuate, voiddecant, effusedepleteclean, flush, purge fill bathe, douse(also dowse), drench, soak, souse, wash, water, wetdeluge, drown, flood, inundate, overflowsubmerge, swamp to make complete use ofvirtually drained the country's natural resources absorb, burn, consume, deplete, devour, draw down, exhaust, expend, play out, spend, use up abate, decrease, de-escalate, diminish, downsize, dwindle, lessen, lower, reduceeat, usebankrupt, clean (out), impoverishcripple, debilitate, disable, enfeeble, sap, undermine, weakendry up, emptyblow, dissipate, fritter (away), guzzle, lavish, misspend, run through, squander, throw away, waste run out of renew, replace augment, enlarge, increasebolster, enforce, fortify, reinforce(also reenforce), strengthenrebuild, repair, restore, reviveconserve, preserve, save to use up all the physical energy ofthe long hike drained us break, burn out, bust, do in, do up, exhaust, fag, fatigue, frazzle, harass, kill, knock out, outwear, tire, tucker (out), wash out, wear, wear out, weary debilitate, enervate, enfeeble, sap, waste, weaken wear to a frazzle activate, energize, invigorate, rejuvenate, strengthen, vitalizerelax, rest, unwind deplete, drain, exhaust, impoverish, bankrupt mean to deprive of something essential to existence or potency.deplete implies a reduction in number or quantity so as to endanger the ability to function.depleting our natural resources drain implies a gradual withdrawal and ultimate deprivation of what is necessary to an existence.personal tragedy had drained him of all spirit exhaust stresses a complete emptying.her lecture exhausted the subject impoverish suggests a deprivation of something essential to richness or productiveness.impoverished soil bankrupt suggests impoverishment to the point of imminent collapse.war had bankrupted the nation of resources before the 12th century |