3
segment(verb, break, part, cut, separate)
3
segregate(verb, break, order, part, cut)
3
sever(verb, break, part, cut, separate)
3
shed tears(expression, cry, complain, fret, grieve)
3
snap
3
snivel(verb, break, fail, cry, complain)
3
sorrow(verb, break, fail, cry, complain)
3
subside(verb, stop, break, drop, end)
3
take down(verb, phrasal verb, take, assemble)
3
topple(verb, break, drop, decline, destroy)
3
tumble(verb, drop, decline, settle, ease)
3
weaken(verb, stop, break, drop, give)
3
weep(verb, informal, cry, complain, fret)
3
whimper(verb, cry, complain, fret, grieve)
2
abate(verb, stop, drop, end, decline)
2
alphabetize(order, limit, arrange, organize, divide)
2
assay
2
assort(order, limit, arrange, organize, divide)
2
back wrong horse(verb, expression, idiom, decline, fall)
2
backslide(verb, drop, decline, settle, fall)
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