as in exhausting
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1
as in pumping
to remove (liquid) gradually or completely
we drained the water from the tank before cleaning it
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2
as in consuming
to make complete use of
virtually drained the country's natural resources
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3
as in killing
to use up all the physical energy of
the long hike drained us
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Recent Examples of draining
Fj Campbell,
Fortune,
20 May 2026
Already carrying wider spans of control and shrinking development support, a manager operating against an outdated role definition is doing something more draining than managing a heavy workload.
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Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2026
Asch recommends finding a driver-friendly activity to make time on the road feel less draining, such as listening to an audiobook or podcast.
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Carolyn Stein,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
Long periods of socializing, like a weeklong conference, can feel far more draining than shorter events.
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Big Think,
28 Oct. 2025
By aligning strategic work with those rhythms, productivity can feel more natural and less draining.
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Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
28 Aug. 2025
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
july 3,
Sacbee.com,
3 July 2026
Their variety of runs and rotations are hard for any side to defend against, with the Spaniards slowly draining your physical and mental energy across the course of 90 minutes (or more).
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Mark Carey,
New York Times,
2 July 2026
According to the Cleveland Clinic, this includes surgical debridement, draining fluid from blisters, and, in more dire cases, amputation of affected limbs.
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Vanessa Etienne,
PEOPLE,
2 July 2026
So homeowners with smart home battery-management systems could benefit from storing energy when electricity prices are lowest and draining them during peak demand periods.
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Jeremy Hsu,
ArsTechnica,
1 July 2026
The film stars Gosling as Ryland Grace, an amnesiac teacher on a solo mission to save Earth from a sun-draining anomaly.
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Hannah Abraham,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
But neutral soil that’s well-draining will lead to a happier plant.
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Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
30 June 2026
Young people didn’t think these types of jobs paid enough money and felt the roles were often more emotionally draining than others.
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Avni Trivedi,
CNN Money,
24 June 2026
Both handhelds sipped power during Balatro, draining the battery at around 14W and 9W, respectively.
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Jay Peters,
The Verge,
23 June 2026
Adjective
Others are voluntarily asking to see more patients because the most draining and time-consuming parts of their job are now handled by AI.
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Fj Campbell,
Fortune,
20 May 2026
Already carrying wider spans of control and shrinking development support, a manager operating against an outdated role definition is doing something more draining than managing a heavy workload.
—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2026
Asch recommends finding a driver-friendly activity to make time on the road feel less draining, such as listening to an audiobook or podcast.
—
Carolyn Stein,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
Long periods of socializing, like a weeklong conference, can feel far more draining than shorter events.
—
Big Think,
28 Oct. 2025
By aligning strategic work with those rhythms, productivity can feel more natural and less draining.
—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
28 Aug. 2025
Verb
The floor sink beneath the 3-comp sink was draining slowly and observed unclean.
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Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
july 3,
Sacbee.com,
3 July 2026
Their variety of runs and rotations are hard for any side to defend against, with the Spaniards slowly draining your physical and mental energy across the course of 90 minutes (or more).
—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
2 July 2026
According to the Cleveland Clinic, this includes surgical debridement, draining fluid from blisters, and, in more dire cases, amputation of affected limbs.
—
Vanessa Etienne,
PEOPLE,
2 July 2026
So homeowners with smart home battery-management systems could benefit from storing energy when electricity prices are lowest and draining them during peak demand periods.
—
Jeremy Hsu,
ArsTechnica,
1 July 2026
The film stars Gosling as Ryland Grace, an amnesiac teacher on a solo mission to save Earth from a sun-draining anomaly.
—
Hannah Abraham,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
But neutral soil that’s well-draining will lead to a happier plant.
—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
30 June 2026
Young people didn’t think these types of jobs paid enough money and felt the roles were often more emotionally draining than others.
—
Avni Trivedi,
CNN Money,
24 June 2026
Both handhelds sipped power during Balatro, draining the battery at around 14W and 9W, respectively.
—
Jay Peters,
The Verge,
23 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for draining
Adjective
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The first half of the day could feel mentally overwhelming or oddly exhausting.
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The wines can show herbs without tasting aggressively grassy, ripe fruit without becoming a fruit cocktail and minerality without being exhausting to drink.
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Conversations struck up while pumping gas or waiting for coffee.
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Firefighters deployed to the Turkey Creek pumping station and tried desperately to keep the engine room dry.
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Certain people should be especially mindful about consuming chocolate chips.
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The report noted that various groups have made a habit of consuming beetles, caterpillars, wasps, mealworms, and dragonflies.
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Murdaugh, once a powerful personal injury attorney in South Carolina’s Lowcountry, was convicted in 2023 of killing his wife, Maggie, 52, and their younger son, Paul, 22, at the family’s hunting estate in June 2021.
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Shiite and Sunni Muslims have been killing each other for centuries, and the status of women in some Muslims countries is deplorable.
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But the most mentally fatiguing aspect, the work found, was having to constantly supervise the AI tools, with some employees overseeing multiple AI agents performing different tasks at the same time.
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My friend was in course of opening up his country house unassisted, and after a fatiguing day discovered that the only practical bed was a child’s affair— long enough but scarcely wider than a crib.
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Advertisement But the recent surge of new groups has confused CEOs, donors, and other key constituencies by pursuing often wildly divergent messages and contradictory agendas, inadvertently establishing circular firing squads, undermining unity, and siphoning resources from credible expert voices.
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The City Council pushes back by siphoning from long-term infrastructure needs.
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The child, identified by authorities as Klieber Moran, was rescued after spending six days trapped beneath the rubble, Rodríguez said.
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After spending two years in the Chicago Cubs organization as a consultant and scout, Little restarted his managerial career with the Dodgers, reuniting with some of his former players, including Nomar Garciaparra and Derek Lowe.
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He was last seen wearing a light green shirt, camouflage shorts and white socks.
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Murdaugh’s team initially asked that he be allowed to come to all court appearances, including pretrial hearings, wearing civilian clothes and unshackled.
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“Draining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/draining. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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