Drain and Spill

Drain

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

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Spill and drain are semantically related in overrun topic. In some cases you can use "Spill" instead the word "Drain" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: drained, draining, drainage

Spill

Spill verb - To make known (as information previously kept secret).

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Drain and spill are semantically related in activity topic. Sometimes you can use "Drain" instead the word "Spill" as a verb or a noun, if it concerns topics such as overrun.

Nearby Words: spilled, spilling, spillover, spillway, spillage

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How words are described

liquid	liquid drain	liquid spill
small	small drain	small spill
massive	massive drain	massive spill
big	big drain	big spill
Other adjectives: huge, major, minor, giant, resulting.

Common collocations

amount	drain amount	spill amount
bit	drain bit	spill bit
blood	drain blood	spill blood
water	drain water	spill water
Other words: lives.

Both words in one sentence

GURPS: Thaumatology codifies this: you have to spill enough blood to drain 20% of your Hit Points in order to get + 1 to casting.

Source: Blood Magic
This causes him to spill it, at which point we see it going down the drain as she hits him is a stabbing motion (parodying a scene from that movie no one remembers...)

Source: Symbolic Blood

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