| confine(verb, hold, keep, block, stay) |
| constrain(verb, control, restrain, diminish, curb) |
| contract(verb, drop, go, cut, decline) |
| cool it(verb, expression, stop, dull, fall) |
| crumble(verb, stop, drop, go, cut) |
| cut back(expression, decline, reduce, restrain, ease) |
| cut down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, drop, cut) |
| dawdle(verb, hold, check, keep, fail) |
| decay(verb, stop, drop, end, cut) |
| decompress |
| deliver(verb, separate, remove, release, free) |
| depreciate(verb, drop, cut, decline, reduce) |
| devaluate(verb, drop, quiet, cut, decline) |
| die(verb, dwindle) |
| die out(verb, expression, decline, reduce, ease) |
| dilute(verb, decline, reduce, ease, diminish) |
| dip(verb, fade, wane, dwindle, fizzle) |
| discharge(verb, separate, remove, release, free) |
| disconnect(verb, separate, remove, release, free) |
| disengage(verb, calm, quiet, help, separate) |