sapping Synonyms & Antonyms

present participle and gerund of sap

To drain, suck or absorb from (tree, etc.).

To exhaust the vitality of.

To strike with a sap (with a blackjack).

To subvert by digging or wearing away; to mine; to undermine; to destroy the foundation of.

To pierce with saps.

To make unstable or infirm; to unsettle; to weaken.

To gradually weaken.

To proceed by mining, or by secretly undermining; to execute saps.

The act by which something is sapped or depleted.

The act of excavating trenches.

The act of striking with a sap or club.