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Synonyms for leach

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · verb

The senseverbTier 3, RidgelineChange

remove substances from by a percolating liquid

Heavy rain will leach the soil of its nutrients.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

strip

Same sentence, swapped: Heavy rain will strip the soil of its nutrients.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for leach as it is used in the sentence above.

percolate
tusk
ladle

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