2
failing
2
grueling(adjective, trying, exhausting, tiring, wearing)
2
guttering
2
irksome(adjective, tiring)
2
leaking(noun, verb)
2
lessening(verb, diminishing, decreasing)
2
parching(verb, drying)
2
phlebotomy
2
removal
2
secreting(noun, verb, rejecting)
2
secretion
2
shearing(verb, rejecting, diminishing)
2
shortening(verb, diminishing, decreasing)
2
shrinking(verb, diminishing, decreasing)
2
spouting(verb, exiting)
2
straining(noun, strain, detersion)
2
tapering(verb, diminishing)
2
tiresome(adjective, trying, exhausting, wearisome, tiring)
2
toilsome
2
truncating(verb, diminishing, decreasing)
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