7
diminish(verb, close, cut, decline, reduce)
6
terminate(verb, stop, close, end, complete)
4
decrease(verb, cut, decline, reduce, restrain)
4
lessen(verb, close, cut, decline, reduce)
4
peter out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, decline, diminish)
4
reduce(verb, close, cut, decline, restrain)
4
taper(verb, cut, decline, reduce, ease)
4
taper off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, close, cut)
4
wane(verb, close, decline, diminish, decrease)
4
wind up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, close)
3
abate(verb, close, cut, decline, reduce)
3
cease(verb, stop, close, end, complete)
3
close(verb, stop, end, decline, reduce)
3
conclude(verb, stop, close, end, complete)
3
die out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, close, decline)
3
discontinue(verb, stop, close, end, complete)
3
ebb(verb, decline, diminish, decrease, lessen)
3
end(verb, stop, close, complete, do)
3
fade(verb, close, decline, diminish, decrease)
3
let up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, decline)
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