Absorb and Drain

Absorb

Absorb verb - To make complete use of.

Usage example: cleaning the house absorbed the rest of his energy

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Drain and absorb are semantically related in consume topic. In some cases you can use "Drain" instead a verb "Absorb", when it comes to topics like waste.

Nearby Words: absorbed, absorption, absorbing, absorbent, absorber

Drain

Drain verb - To make complete use of.

Usage example: virtually drained the country's natural resources

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Antonyms for Drain

Absorb and drain are semantically related in consume topic. Sometimes you can use "Absorb" instead a verb "Drain", if it concerns topics such as waste, use up.

Nearby Words: drained, draining, drainage

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Common collocations

soul	absorb soul	drain soul
energy	absorb energy	drain energy
heat	absorb heat	drain heat
power	absorb power	drain power
Other words: force, life, people, amount, health, light, blood, electricity, magic, damage, water, points, mana, attacks, powers, souls, memories, amounts.

Both words in one sentence

Likewise, several enemy spells are named Drain and Mega Drain, despite the fact that said spells are fireballs and lasers and they don't drain/absorb HP from the party.

Source: Blind Idiot Translation / Video Games
Man of Kryptonite: One of the new abilities for the Turn A Gundam in Tengoku-hen is its "Moonlight Butterfly" can absorb and drain EN from enemies within its radius.

Source: Video Game / Super Robot Wars Z
The only way to reliably kill this thing is to drain its shields by using a ship who's weapon doesn't provide more energy than the shields absorb to absorb it.

Source: Purposely Overpowered

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