Synonyms and related words :
ablate, absorb, abuse, assimilate, bleed, bleed white, burn up, consume, denude, deplete, deplume, despoil, digest, displume, divest, drain, drain of resources, dry, eat, eat up, erode, exhaust, expend, exploit, finish, finish off, flay, fleece, gobble, gobble up, ill-use, impose upon, impoverish, ingest, make use of, manipulate, milk, misuse, pick clean, play on, pluck, presume upon, shear, skin, spend, squander, strip, strip bare, stroke, swallow, swallow up, take advantage of, use, use ill, use up, waste away, wear away, work on, work upon