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saps

noun as in stupid person

verb as in squeeze out; weaken

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Example Sentences

It is like a habit-forming drug that, in victory, saps your elation and, in defeat, deepens your despair.

To live with anxiety is to live with a leech that saps you of your energy, confidence, and chutzpah.

The Sex Addiction EpidemicChris Lee, Newsweek It wrecks marriages, destroys careers, and saps self-worth.

Besides, complaining about McConnell only saps valuable time away from objecting vehemently to Joe Lieberman.

The fall cheeses are beginning to ripen, and the wine saps are so heavy that Edwin has proudly propped up the bending boughs.

Do you know, Edwin, I believe you will realize enough off your wine saps and pippins to pay for all your furniture!

The English line goes up the big green hill, in trenches and saps of reddish clay, to the plateau or tableland at the top.

By means of saps running into High Wood from the trench dug along its southern and western edge, a footing was held in the wood.

The bombardment had wrecked it, and saps had been run up to within a short distance of "Little Willie."

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On this page you'll find 47 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to saps, such as: fool, jerk, idiot, sucker, patsy, and dupe.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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