| pollute(verb, break, decline, hurt, ruin) |
| putrefy(verb, decline, weaken, lessen, degenerate) |
| putresce(verb, decline, weaken, lessen, degenerate) |
| quell(verb, drop, quiet, cut, decline) |
| quiet(verb, drop, cut, decline, reduce) |
| rasp |
| reach depths(verb, expression, decline, weaken, lessen) |
| remove |
| restrain(verb, drop, quiet, cut, decline) |
| retrograde(verb, stop, end, decline, pass) |
| rot(verb, stop, break, end, decline) |
| rub away(expression, destroy, eradicate, obliterate) |
| rub out(expression, destroy, eradicate, obliterate) |
| run out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, end) |
| sap(verb, decline, weaken, lessen, degenerate) |
| scour(verb, hurt, reduce, destroy, smart) |
| scrape(verb, rub, grind, fray, erode) |
| scuff(verb, rub, grind, scrape, fray) |
| settle(verb, drop, quiet, cut, decline) |
| shave |