Definition of drawdown
1 : a lowering of a water level (as in a reservoir)
2a : the process of depletingb : reduction
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Insurgent groups have been on the offensive ever since the drawdown of NATO troops from the country in 2014.
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Reservoirs in the southern basin hold only 20 percent of capacity, and the summer drawdown hasn't begun.
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1918
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1918
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