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sapping

verb , present participle of sap

Synonyms and Antonyms of sapping

to diminish the physical strength of

weeks of hard work had sapped her and left her exhausted

Synonyms of sapping

debilitating, devitalizing, enervating, enfeebling, etiolating, prostrating, softening, tiring, wasting, weakening

Words Related to sapping

crippling, disabling, hamstringing, incapacitating

depleting, depressing, exhausting, impoverishing, unmanning, washing out

damaging, harming, hurting, impairing, injuring, invaliding, laying up

breaking down, grinding (down), wearing down, wearing out

Near Antonyms of sapping

energizing, invigorating, recruiting, rejuvenating, vitalizing

hardening, seasoning, toughening

Antonyms of sapping

beefing (up), fortifying, strengthening

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