What does sapping mean?
Sapping means present participle and gerund of sap.
Sapping
Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
Meaning
present participle and gerund of sap.
Definitions by Sense
- present participle and gerund of sap
- The act by which something is sapped or depleted.
- The act of excavating trenches.
- The act of striking with a sap or club.
Example Sentences
December 22, 1821, Joseph Story, Address Delivered Before the Members of the New-England Society, in Charleston [The government] may be destroyed by popular violence, or the madness of party, or the deeper sappings of corruption.
And when he had me up there he would sap me again and I wouldn't remember anything that happened in between the two sappings.
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Antonyms for sapping
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Word Forms
- sappings
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December 22, 1821, Joseph Story, Address Delivered Before the Members of the New-England Society, in Charleston [The government] may be destroyed by popular violence, or the madness of party, or the deeper sappings of corruption.
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