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siphon
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of SIPHON
1
to remove (liquid) gradually or completely <I let the stranded motorist siphon some of my gas so he could be on his way>
Related Words milk; suck; clear, empty, evacuate, exhaust, vacate, vacuate, void; decant, effuse; deplete; clean, flush, purge
Near Antonyms bathe, douse (also dowse), drench, soak, souse, wash, water, wet; deluge, drown, flood, inundate, overflow; submerge, swamp
Antonyms fill
2
to cause to move to a central point or along a restricted pathway <investigators discovered that the so-called charitable organization was siphoning funds to a terrorist group>
Variants of SIPHON
siphon also syphon
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