| deteriorate(verb, stop, drop, cut, decline) |
| devitalize(verb, dull, quiet, decline, reduce) |
| die out(verb, expression, drop, close, end) |
| dilute(verb, calm, cut, decline, reduce) |
| dissolve(verb, stop, end, decline, reduce) |
| downplay(diminish, lessen, minimalize) |
| downsize(verb, cut, check, decline, reduce) |
| drop off(expression, drop, cut, decline, reduce) |
| ease off(verb, expression, stop, calm, control) |
| exhaust(verb, dull, quiet, end, decline) |
| falter |
| grow less(verb, expression, stop, drop, decline) |
| kill(verb, stop, end, remove, destroy) |
| knock off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, calm, take) |
| languish(verb, drop, decline, fall, fail) |
| let go(verb, expression, stop, calm, cause) |
| minimize(verb, cut, cover, check, decline) |
| pale |
| peter(verb, increase, decrease, grow) |
| plummet(verb, drop, decline, settle, ease) |