The word "sap" is an acceptable and frequently used word in written English.
It can be used as either a noun or verb, depending on the context. For example: The sap was slowly dripping from the tree. She sapped his enthusiasm with her negative attitude.
But a decline in commodity prices and a slowdown in the rate of China's growth will sap Latin America's expansion, the bank predicts, making it difficult "to expand the social gains amassed over the economic boom over the past decade".
Men aren't simply raped, they are forced to penetrate holes in banana trees that run with acidic sap, to sit with their genitals over a fire, to drag rocks tied to their penis, to give oral sex to queues of soldiers, to be penetrated with screwdrivers and sticks.
Tie them as close to horizontal as possible to encourage maximum bloom by slowing down sap, which results in more flower buds.
Hit-and-run attacks on effective policies, witnessed with the fuss over EU rules on vacuum cleaners and hairdryers, are accompanied by a drumbeat of doom and gloom designed to sap our will to act.
As family trees go, these two are the sap.
The complexities of all that could be enough to sap anyone's confidence, to keep a person not only consigned to the wings but crouching in the brace position under the desk.
According to Butterfly Conservation's head of monitoring, Dr Tom Brereton, the woods near Holt provide suitable conditions for the butterfly, which feeds on sap from birch trees in the spring and lays eggs on willows.
But they are more virulent than the economic afflictions that sap growth in the north of Italy.
"Neurasthenia" was, he said, caused by a speeding up of life due to the railway, the telegraph and the press that combined to sap reserves of "nerve force".
Even if they do not kill, they stunt children and sap adults' energies.The new push comes as a bolder set of ambitions hits trouble.
Neither does it mention any lifting of the UN sanctions imposed in response to the missile and nuclear tests—sanctions which North Korea said were tantamount to a declaration of war.It is likely that the agreement will further sap the will of some countries to punish North Korea for the tests.
