| attenuate(verb, decline, reduce, fall, fail) |
| cushion(verb, calm, dull, quiet, reduce) |
| deaden(verb, dull, quiet, diminish, stifle) |
| die(verb, stop, fail, weaken, crash) |
| extirpate(verb, stop, end, remove, destroy) |
| impair(verb, dull, quiet, cut, decline) |
| invalidate(verb, stop, end, decline, reduce) |
| lapse(verb, stop, drop, end, decline) |
| lull(verb, calm, ease, diminish, decrease) |
| negate(verb, stop, end, ruin, destroy) |
| pacify(verb, calm, control, dull, quiet) |
| quell(verb, stop, calm, drop, quiet) |
| restrict(verb, reduce, restrain, delay, moderate) |
| retrench(verb, decline, reduce, moderate, lower) |
| slow down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, calm, drop) |
| vitiate(verb, stop, end, decline, reduce) |
| withdraw(verb, end, reduce, diminish, strain) |
| abbreviate(verb, decline, reduce, moderate, diminish) |
| annihilate(verb, stop, end, remove, ruin) |
| blunt(verb, calm, dull, quiet, check) |