Absorb
Absorb verb - To make complete use of.
Usage example: cleaning the house absorbed the rest of his energy
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Human-made bullets are more useful than Asgardian high-tech weapons against Replicators: they absorb the energy of energy blasts, but bullets blow them apart.
Source: Rock Beats Laser -
One-Hit Kill: The Redcaps can use a killing blow on barracks troops with their scythes, while the Twilight Heretic can absorb their soul to gain a temporary buff.
Source: Video Game / Kingdom Rush - Drizzt does reflexively counterattack—at which point Entreri's allies grant him the ability to absorb and return Drizzt's blow, to the very unpleasant surprise of both.
Source: Suicide by Cop
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