Drain
Drain verb - To make complete use of.
Usage example: virtually drained the country's natural resources
Increase
Increase verb - To make greater in size, amount, or number.
How words are described
| net | net drain | net increase |
| standard | standard drain | standard increase |
| small | small drain | small increase |
| massive | massive drain | massive increase |
| Other adjectives: big, huge, slow, noticeable, new, permanent, major, minor, temporary, less, further, significant, larger, double, rapid, resulting. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- All claw-type weapons have an inherent life drain property and several claw-specific passive skills increase the amount drained.
Source: Life Drain -
Vampiric Draining: Several weapons and items allow characters to drain the Health or Stamina of another, usually to increase their own.
- To top it all off, it also has a ship system (Fortress Shield) that allows it to temporarily increase its shield efficiency tenfold, while still being able to drain soft flux.
Cite this Source
Increase and Drain. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/drain/increase
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Increase or Drain. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/drain/increase.
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