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present participle of drain (away)
Synonyms & Antonyms of draining (away)
to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually
- as the city lost population, its political influence drained away
Synonyms for draining (away)
- abating,
- declining,
- decreasing,
- de-escalating,
- diminishing,
- dropping (off),
- dwindling,
- dying (away or down or out),
- easing,
- ebbing,
- falling,
- falling away,
- lessening,
- letting up,
- lowering,
- moderating,
- palling,
- phasing down,
- ratcheting (down)
- also racheting (down),
- receding,
- relenting,
- remitting,
- shrinking,
- subsiding,
- tapering,
- tapering off,
- waning
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