Draining
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Dumbledore doesn't like that the electronics can now run on Hogwarts' magic, which is draining the wards of the school.
- A double dose in a Bill Mauldin Up Front cartoon from WWII that depicts his GI characters Willie and Joe draining water from their jeep's radiator into a helmet and deciding they'd better "run it up the mountain again" to make the water hot enough for shaving.
Source: Mundane Utility / Comic Strips
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