4
subdue(verb, reduce, ruin, weaken)
4
vitiate(verb, reduce, destroy, damage, diminish)
4
waning(noun, drop, fall, failure, deterioration)
3
abridge(verb, diminish)
3
bank(noun, drop, rise, level, inclination)
3
bevel(noun, drop, inclination, lean, pitch)
3
bring down(verb, expression, cut, decrease, lessen)
3
cant(noun, drop, rise, level, inclination)
3
compress(verb, diminish)
3
decay(noun, verb, drop, decline, fall)
3
degradation(noun, drop, decline, fall, evil)
3
demerit(verb, break, reduce, ruin, dismiss)
3
deteriorate(verb, reduce, destroy, damage, diminish)
3
disfranchise
3
displace(verb, dismiss, overthrow, expel, transfer)
3
ebb(noun, verb, drop, cut, decline)
3
hang
3
hanging
3
lapse(noun, verb, drop, cut, decline)
3
on the skids(noun, expression, idiom, drop, fall)
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