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peter out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, drop)
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ease(verb, calm, drop, dull, cut)
19
moderate(verb, stop, calm, control, dull)
19
shorten(verb, control, cut, check, reduce)
17
fall(verb, stop, calm, drop, control)
17
slacken(verb, stop, calm, drop, control)
16
deprecate(verb, reduce, criticize, lower, decrease)
16
devalue(verb, cut, check, reduce, destroy)
16
discount(verb, take, cut, remove, reduce)
16
fall off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, drop, cut)
16
sink(verb, stop, drop, close, end)
15
abbreviate(verb, cut, reduce, cause, restrain)
15
abridge(verb, cut, decline, reduce, ease)
15
deteriorate(verb, stop, drop, end, cut)
15
let up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, calm)
14
cut down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, drop, cut)
14
debase(verb, quiet, cut, decline, reduce)
14
decry(verb, cut, check, reduce, destroy)
14
degrade(verb, decline, reduce, destroy, ease)
14
mitigate(verb, calm, control, cover, decline)
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