5
peter out(verb, expression, drop, take, decline)
5
pine away(verb, expression, phrasal verb, idle, suffer)
5
sicken(verb, dull, get, hurt, fail)
5
stagnate(verb, decline, weaken, idle, deteriorate)
5
subside(verb, break, drop, decline, fall)
5
vegetate(verb, decline, idle, stall, loaf)
4
abate(verb, drop, decline, fall, fail)
4
ail(noun, verb, get, hurt, fail)
4
conk out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, break, drop)
4
decrease(verb, drop, decline, fall, fail)
4
despair(pain, sulk, pine, brood, pout)
4
die away(verb, expression, phrasal verb, quiet, decline)
4
fall off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, drop, get)
4
go downhill(verb, expression, idiom, drop, strong)
4
go to pieces(verb, expression, idiom, break, drop)
4
halt(verb, decline, reduce, fail, lower)
4
rest(verb, relax, retire, nap, slumber)
4
slump(verb, drop, weaken, swing, deteriorate)
4
sorrow(verb, dull, fail, desire, weaken)
4
want(verb, desire, crave, long, ache)
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