Drain and Rid

Drain

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

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Rid and drain are semantically related in activity topic. In some cases you can use "Rid" instead a verb "Drain", when it comes to topics like free.

Nearby Words: drained, draining, drainage

Rid verb - To set (a person or thing) free of something that encumbers.

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Drain and rid are semantically related in free topic. Sometimes you can use "Drain" instead a verb "Rid".

power	drain power	rid power
life	drain life	rid life
people	drain people	rid people
body	drain body	rid body
Other words: area, time, earth, money, damage, enemy, everyone, powers.

Fingore: The Moving Finger has Howard Mitla try to get rid of a finger living in his bathroom drain by dissolving it with industrial drain cleaner (it intentionally doesn't make sense in context), before cutting it off with an electric hedge trimmer.

Source: Literature / Nightmares and Dreamscapes
His short story The Moving Finger has the protagonist try to get rid of a finger living in his bathroom drain by dissolving it with industrial drain cleaner (it intentionally doesn't make sense in context), before cutting it off with an electric hedge trimmer.

Source: Fingore
Kill It with Water: Not so much the water itself but Low's plan to get rid of the "spider" is to divert water into a strategically placed drain, thus knocking it off its perch and washing it away.

Source: Video Game / The Dig

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