| moderate(verb, decline, diminish, decrease, lessen) |
| peter out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, end, decline) |
| relent(verb, decline, reduce, diminish, decrease) |
| shrink(verb, decline, reduce, diminish, decrease) |
| sink(verb, decline, diminish, decrease, lessen) |
| slack off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, decline, reduce) |
| slacken(verb, decline, diminish, decrease, lessen) |
| subside(verb, decline, diminish, decrease, lessen) |
| taper off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, decline, reduce) |
| wane(verb, decline, diminish, decrease, lessen) |
| waste away(verb, expression, phrasal verb, end, decline) |
| weaken(verb, end, decline, diminish, finish) |
| wind down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, decline, reduce) |
| wither(verb, decline, diminish, decrease, lessen) |
| abbreviate(verb, reduce, shrink, shrivel, atrophy) |
| attenuate(verb, reduce, shrink, shrivel, atrophy) |
| become smaller(verb, expression, reduce, shrink, shrivel) |
| close(verb, end, reduce, finish, conclude) |
| contract(verb, reduce, shrink, shrivel, atrophy) |
| curtail(verb, reduce, shrink, shrivel, atrophy) |