| contract(verb, go, open, reduce, fail) |
| cool it(verb, expression, phrasal verb, yield, surrender) |
| crumble(verb, go, open, fail, allow) |
| crumple(verb, stop, go, open, withdraw) |
| cry uncle(verb, expression, yield, surrender, quit) |
| cure(verb, calm, quiet, help, reduce) |
| damp |
| de-escalate |
| decay(verb, diminish, decrease, weaken, lessen) |
| decline(verb, control, restrain, diminish, decrease) |
| decrease(verb, stop, control, decline, reduce) |
| defrost(verb, warm, relax, soften, melt) |
| degenerate(verb, diminish, decrease, weaken, lessen) |
| deliquesce(verb, warm, relax, soften, melt) |
| deteriorate(verb, diminish, decrease, lessen, retreat) |
| devote(verb, go, open, fail, allow) |
| die away(verb, expression, phrasal verb, decline, reduce) |
| die out(verb, expression, decline, reduce, fall) |
| dim(verb, decline, reduce, diminish, decrease) |
| diminish(verb, stop, calm, control, decline) |