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draft

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of DRAFT

1
to pick especially for required military service <my grandfather was drafted to fight in a war that he opposed>
Related Words impress, press; enlist, enroll (also enrol), recruit; call up; sign up, volunteer
Near Antonyms discharge, muster out
2
to put (something) into proper and usually carefully worked out written form <draft a letter to the local newspaper giving your views on the problem>
3
to remove (liquid) gradually or completely <remember to draft the water from the pool so that we can close it up for the winter>
Synonyms bleed, draft, draw (off), pump, siphon (also syphon), tap
Near Antonyms bathe, douse (also dowse), drench, soak, souse, wash, water, wet; deluge, drown, flood, inundate, overflow; submerge, swamp
Antonyms fill

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