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Goes Down The Drains Crossword Clue

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noun

• plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe

• (technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system

• a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof

• a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it

verb

• fall or descend to a lower place or level

• cause to sink

• pass into a specified state or condition; sink into

• go under

• descend into or as if into some soft substance or place

• appear to move downward

• fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly

• fall or sink heavily

• embed deeply

54%6Goes down the sink
noun

• emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it

• tube inserted into a body cavity (as during surgery) to remove unwanted material

• a pipe through which liquid is carried away

• a gradual depletion of energy or resources

verb

• flow off gradually

• deplete of resources

• empty of liquid; drain the liquid from

• make weak

23%9 Occurs when cold air drains down slopes
adjective

• of an air current or wind; moving downward or down a slope because of cooling especially at night

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