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Raresapping
The correct spelling is sapping.
How to pronounce sapping
verb
Say it like: Sap-pin-g
The correct spelling is sapping. To drain, suck or absorb from (tree, etc.). For example: "he saps my energy"
Usage Examples
“he saps my energy”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To drain, suck or absorb from (tree, etc.).
- 2.To exhaust the vitality of.
- 3.To strike with a sap (with a blackjack).
- 4.To subvert by digging or wearing away; to mine; to undermine; to destroy the foundation of.
- 5.To pierce with saps.
noun
- 1.The act by which something is sapped or depleted.
- 2.The act of excavating trenches.
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