Drain and Kill

Drain

Drain verb - To use up all the physical energy of.

Usage example: the long hike drained us

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Kill and drain are semantically related in sink topic. In some cases you can use "Kill" instead a verb "Drain". informal substitute

Nearby Words: drained, draining, drainage

Kill verb - To use up all the physical energy of.

Usage example: the long hike up the mountain just about killed us

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Drain and kill are semantically related in exhaust topic. Sometimes you can use "Drain" instead a verb "Kill".

Nearby Words: killing, killed, killer

high	high drain	high kill
low	low drain	low kill
fast	fast drain	fast kill
powerful	powerful drain	powerful kill
Other adjectives: real, constant, big, dark, potential, major, less, additional, next, double, higher.

life	drain life	kill life
people	drain people	kill people
time	drain time	kill time
victim	drain victim	kill victim
Other words: enemy, everyone, humans, victims, enemies.

In Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain, if you were in a certain form, the villagers you could kill/drain the life of would converse about many things, from their dislike of the king to how hard farming is.

Source: Enemy Chatter
Afterwards, knowing that he'll eventually feel the urge to kill/drain his loved ones and probably turn evil, he commits suicide via sunlight.

Source: Suicide by Sunlight
In fact, the first thing he does upon finding himself in a room with family of muggles, weakened and hungry, is kill and drain all three of them.

Source: Video Game / Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2

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