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The Clue
Draining (9 letter answer)
The Answer
DEPLETING
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Notes
The answer DEPLETING is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Definition
DEPLETE as a verb:
1. (consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out) = use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"