noun. The act, process, or result of reducing or depleting.

noun. A lowering of the water level in a reservoir or other body of water.

noun. A reduction of military personnel in a deployment.

noun. The act of reduction or depletion.

noun. The result of reduction or depletion.

noun. A change in hydraulic head in a well or other body of water.

noun. A measure of the decline from a historical peak in some variable, typically the cumulative profit or total open equity of a financial trading strategy.

"The suggestion that these leaders are only now drawing closer to Iran as a result of the U.S. drawdown is both patently ridiculous and misleading."

drawback  withdraw  

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