drawdown

[ draw-doun ]

/ ˈdrɔˌdaʊn /

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noun

a lowering of water surface level, as in a well.

a reduction or depletion: a drawdown of weapons in an arms-limitation plan.

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Origin of drawdown

1780–90, for literal sense; draw + down¹

Words nearby drawdown

drawbore, drawboy, drawbridge, drawcard, draw curtain, drawdown, drawee, drawer, drawerful, drawers, draw fire

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How to use drawdown in a sentence

An IEA global agenda to achieve zero emissions is premised on a rapid worldwide coal drawdown, needing 6% yearly cuts around the world over the next four years.
Global Electricity Production Is Roaring Back—and So Are CO2 Emissions|Alejandro de la Garza|July 16, 2021|Time
The authors declared it “one of the most effective carbon drawdown solutions to date.”
Carbon removal hype is becoming a dangerous distraction|James Temple|July 8, 2021|MIT Technology Review
Just like there are no silver bullet climate solutions—a whole ecosystem of practices and technologies is necessary to stop emissions and drawdown carbon—there is no single sector of leadership that will get the job done.
These Women Are Transforming What Climate Leadership Looks Like. Here's What They Learned From the Pandemic|Elijah Wolfson|April 20, 2021|Time
The drawdown comes as the tech giant reported iPhone sales that missed analysts’ estimates and gave no forecast for the holiday quarter.
Apple has lost $450 billion in value in just a few weeks|Verne Kopytoff|October 30, 2020|Fortune

To avert catastrophic climate change, it’s understood we must reach drawdown, a point at which the planet’s greenhouse-gas concentrations start declining for the first time since the Industrial Age.
This restaurant duo want a zero-carbon food system. Can it happen?|Bobbie Johnson|September 24, 2020|MIT Technology Review
Obama made clear where he stood when he quickly undercut his $120 billion investment by announcing a drawdown.
How Obama Lost Afghanistan|Elise Jordan|April 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Following troop drawdown, our goal is to create a self-sufficient Afghanistan, and one that views women as a vital contributors.
Her Husband Shot This 17-Year-Old Afghan Girl In The Face—And She Lived|Nina Strochlic|March 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He believes the U.S. troop drawdown will allow the insurgents more freedom of movement and therefore give them more strength.
The Afghan Village That Saved Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell|Sami Yousafzai, Ron Moreau|November 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Your novel spans 150 years, but given the drawdown in Afghanistan it feels particularly pertinent to the present day.
Colum McCann Talks New Novel ‘TransAtlantic’ and Narrative4|Phil Klay|June 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST
If that remains the case, then the American troop drawdown and withdrawal in 2014 should be able to proceed without a hitch.
Taliban Have Second Thoughts About Fighting in Afghanistan|Sami Yousafzai, Ron Moreau|April 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for drawdown

drawdown

/ (ˈdrɔːˌdaʊn) /

noun

a depletion or reduction, for example of supplies

a continuous decline in an investment or fund, usually expressed as a percentage between its highest and lowest levels

the intentional draining of a body of water such as a lake or reservoir, to a given depth

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Scientific definitions for drawdown

drawdown

[ drô′doun′ ]

A lowering of the water level in a reservoir or other body of water, especially as the result of withdrawal.

The difference in elevation between the level of water in a well and the level of groundwater in the area in which the well is located.

Other Idioms and Phrases with drawdown

draw down

Deplete by consuming or spending, as in The government worries about drawing down our oil reserves.