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v. decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fall to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"

taper

v. diminish gradually; "Interested tapered off"

fade, wither, lose vigor, lose vitality, loose freshness

v. lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; "Her bloom was fading"

decline, wane, go down, grow smaller

v. grow smaller; "Interest in the project waned"

misfire, fail to detonate, fail to fire

v. fail to fire or detonate; "The guns misfired"

degenerate, deteriorate, fall apart

v. become worse or disintegrate; "His mind deteriorated"

stagger, flounder

v. walk with great difficulty; "He staggered along in the heavy snow"

flounder, flounder around

v. behave awkwardly; have difficulties; "She is floundering in college"

stumble, falter, bumble

v. walk unsteadily; "The drunk man stumbled about"

falter, stammer, stutter

v. speak haltingly; "The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room"

crash, fall violently

v. fall or come down violently; "The branch crashed down on my car"; "The plane crashed in the sea"

fail, miscarry, go wrong

v. be unsuccessful; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"

block, stop, halt, kibosh, put the kibosh on

v. stop from happening or developing; "Block his election"; "Halt the process"

pale, blanch, blench, turn pale, grow pale

v. turn pale, as if in fear

fade, fade out

v. become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly; "The scene begins to fade"; "The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk"

dissolve, break up, cause to dissolve

v. cause to go into a solution; "The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water"

fly, vanish

v. decrease rapidly and disappear; "the money vanished in las Vegas"; "all my stock assets have vaporized"

taper, point, sharpen

v. give a point to; "The candles are tapered"

break, fail, go, die, give, break down, conk out, give out, give way

v. stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident"

waste, languish, waste away, pine away

v. lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief; "After her husband died, she just pined away"

sicken, come down, fall sick, take sick, get sick

v. get sick; "She fell sick last Friday, and now she is in the hospital"

break, fail, go, die, give, break down, conk out, give out, give way

decline, worsen, grow worse, get worse

v. grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened"

drop, degenerate, deteriorate

v. grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match"

dwindle, dwindle away, dwindle down, lose substance

v. become smaller or lose substance; "Her savings dwindled down"

fade, languish

v. become feeble; "The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon"

flag, slack off, ease up, ease off, slacken off

v. become less intense

idle, laze, stagnate, be idle, twiddle one's thumbs

v. be idle; exist in a changeless situation; "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning"

shrink, shrivel, wither, shrivel up

v. wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled"

purse, wrinkle

v. gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker; "purse ones's lips"

long, yearn, hanker

v. desire strongly or persistently

lust, hunger, thirst, crave, starve

v. have a craving, appetite, or great desire for

mourn, feel sadness

v. feel sadness; "She is mourning her dead child"

lament, keen, express grief

v. express grief verbally; "we lamented the death of the child"

desire, want

v. feel or have a desire for; want strongly; "I want to go home now"; "I want my own room"

choose, see proper, see fit

v. see fit or proper to act in a certain way; decide to act in a certain way; "She chose not to attend classes and now she failed the exam"

prefer, like better

v. like better; value more highly; "Some people prefer camping to staying in hotels"; "We prefer sleeping outside"

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