Drain and Exploit

Drain

Drain verb - To remove (liquid) gradually or completely.

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Exploit and drain are semantically related In some cases you can use "Exploit" instead a verb "Drain".

Nearby Words: drained, draining, drainage

Exploit verb - To take unfair advantage of.

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Drain and exploit are semantically related in activity topic. Sometimes you can use "Drain" instead a verb "Exploit".

critical	critical drain	critical exploit
heavy	heavy drain	heavy exploit
small	small drain	small exploit
real	real drain	real exploit
Other adjectives: new, major, minor, fatal, less, next, greatest, different.

power	drain power	exploit power
people	drain people	exploit people
point	drain point	exploit point
resources	drain resources	exploit resources
Other words: speed, humans, attacks, powers.

Agent Smith in The Matrix gives "The Reason You Suck" Speech to Morpheus in which he claims that humans are more similar to viruses than mammals, because they exploit the world and drain it of all possible resources rather than instinctively seek out a natural equilibrium with their environment.

Source: Humans Are The Real Monsters / Live-Action Films
A drain that less scrupulous underlings were more than willing to exploit in order to stage a coup and take over the business for themselves.

Source: Hoist By His Own Petard / Real Life
As a case of heavy meta-gaming or a possible exploit, maybe a developer oversight, there is a single NPC selling the "Drain Skill" spell.

Source: Stat Grinding

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