| break down(verb, expression, go, decline, decay) |
| buy the farm(verb, expression, idiom, decline, decay) |
| capitulate(verb, drop, take, respect, yield) |
| cease(verb, decline, decay, succumb, expire) |
| check out(verb, expression, decline, cease, decay) |
| collapse(verb, decline, cease, decay, succumb) |
| corrupt(verb, decline, cease, decay, succumb) |
| crumble(verb, decline, cease, decay, succumb) |
| decay(verb, decline, cease, succumb, expire) |
| decline(verb, cease, decay, succumb, expire) |
| decompose(verb, decline, cease, decay, succumb) |
| defer to(verb, expression, phrasal verb, drop, take) |
| demise(verb, go, decline, cease, decay) |
| die away |
| die out |
| disintegrate(verb, decline, cease, decay, succumb) |
| dissolve |
| drop(verb, take, respect, yield, surrender) |
| eat dirt(verb, expression, drop, take, respect) |
| end(verb, decline, cease, decay, succumb) |