9
wither(verb, decline, fall, fail, diminish)
8
waste(verb, break, drop, give, decline)
8
break down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, break, drop)
8
cause death
8
cease(verb, stop, break, drop, close)
8
drop(verb, stop, break, take, close)
8
end(verb, stop, drop, close, go)
8
part(verb, die)
7
crumble(verb, break, beat, decline, separate)
7
disintegrate(verb, break, drop, beat, decline)
7
evanesce(verb, go, decline, separate, fall)
7
pop off(verb, phrasal verb, informal, cease, live)
7
sink(verb, go, decline, fall, withdraw)
7
spoil(verb, decline, weaken, lessen, degenerate)
7
starve(verb, cold, fasting)
7
vanish(verb, stop, drop, close, go)
6
be destroyed(verb, expression, idiom, drop, take)
6
be no more(verb, expression, idiom, go, pass)
6
become extinct(verb, expression, idiom, go, abandon)
6
break(verb, drop, fail, collapse, deterioration)
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