2
bate(verb, stop, close, end, pass)
2
be done for(verb, go, withdraw, leave, abandon)
2
be gone(verb, go, withdraw, leave, abandon)
2
be lost(verb, go, withdraw, leave, abandon)
2
be swallowed up(verb, go, withdraw, leave, abandon)
2
blench(verb, start, recoil, avoidance, cringe)
2
blink(start, recoil, avoidance, cringe)
2
break down(verb, expression, stop, drop, end)
2
cave in(verb, expression, drop, go, decline)
2
cheapen(verb, break, drop, cut, reduce)
2
clear(verb, go, withdraw, leave, abandon)
2
collapse(verb, drop, go, decline, open)
2
come(verb, move, act, movement, trip)
2
come to naught(expression, idiom, go, withdraw, leave)
2
compact(verb, decrease)
2
crash(verb, stop, drop, decline, settle)
2
dawdle
2
de-escalate(verb, ease, diminish, decrease, lessen)
2
decamp(verb, go, part, separate, remove)
2
decrement(verb, decrease)
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