Absorb
Absorb verb - To take in (something liquid) through small openings.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Cell from Dragon Ball Z needed to hunt down and absorb Dr Gero's other creations to reach his final form.
Source: Food Chain of Evil -
He jumped down to grab her directly and absorb the fall, instead of using his webbing.
Source: I Let Gwen Stacy Die -
In most of the other games, he does, in fact, have a health bar of some sort... but in those games, he's down in one hit unless he has a hard hat to absorb it.
Source: One-Hit-Point Wonder
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