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• v  flow off gradually
• v  deplete of resources
• v  empty of liquid; drain the liquid from
  We drained the oil tank
• v  make weak
  Life in the camp drained him
• a  emptied or exhausted of (as by drawing off e.g. water or other liquid)
  a drained marsh
  a drained tank
  a drained and apathetic old man...not caring any longer about anything
• s  very tired
• s  drained of electric charge; discharged
  left the lights on and came back to find the battery drained

• In the lands drained by the Shannon, the Niger, the Nile, the Euphrates, the Ganges, the Indus and the Irrawaddy, Marxism is not the paramount issue.
• They drained the blood from a dog.
• Massive internal hemorrhaging had drained him of 90% of his blood.

• drain
• run out
• enfeeble
• debilitate
• knackered
• dead

• undrained

News & Articles

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• Wade needed knee drained to play Game 7 of Finals
  MIAMI (AP) -- Dwyane Wade had his left knee drained one day before Game 7 of the NBA Finals, then got about eight hours of game-day therapy just so he could play in the title-clinching win for the Miami Heat.
  June 22, 2013 - The Associated Press via Yahoo! Sports
• Wade needed knee drained to play Game 7
  Dwyane Wade had his left knee drained one day before Game 7 of the NBA Finals, then got about eight hours of game-day therapy just so he could play in the title-clinching win for the Miami Heat.
  June 22, 2013 - ESPN
• Dwyane Wade needed knee drained to play Game 7 of Finals
  Dwyane Wade had his left knee drained one day before Game 7 of the NBA Finals, then got about eight hours of game-day therapy just so he could play in the title-clinching win for the Miami Heat. Wade tells The Associated Press that his left knee was swollen ”like a coconut” after a collision with San [...]
  June 22, 2013 - Inside Hoops

Quotes

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• Brian Cashman in USA Today
  Now that it's drained, we're going to see how he responds,Cashman said. "Get a gauge of how much improvement, if at all, there is."
• Ander Crenshaw in Boston Herald
  Congress shouldn't leave its business unfinished while American wallets are drained at the pump,said Rep. Ander Crenshaw, R-Fla.