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languish, fade

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

pine away, waste, languish

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

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worsen, decline

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

waste, waste away, diminish

v. become diminished

dwindle, dwindle away, dwindle down

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

ebb

v. fall away or decline; "The patient's strength ebbed away"

shrink, shrivel

v. decrease in size, range, or extent; "His earnings shrank"; "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me"

decrease, diminish, lessen, fall

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 fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"

taper

v. diminish gradually; "Interested tapered off"

fade, wither

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

decline, go down, wane

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

misfire

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

deteriorate

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

stagger, flounder

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

flounder

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

stumble, falter, bumble

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

bumble, stutter, stammer, falter

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

crash

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

fail, go wrong, miscarry

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

stop, halt, block, kibosh

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

pale, blanch, blench

v. turn pale, as if in fear

fade, melt

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, resolve, break up

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

vanish, fly, vaporize

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

sharpen, taper, point

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

fail

v. get worse; "Her health is declining"

pine away, waste, languish

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

sicken, come down

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

fail

v. get worse; "Her health is declining"

worsen, decline

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

drop

v. fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death; "shop til you drop"

dwindle, dwindle away, dwindle down

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

languish, fade

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

ease up, ease off, slacken off, flag

v. become less intense

idle, laze, slug, stagnate

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

v. decrease in size, range, or extent; "His earnings shrank"; "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me"

purse, wrinkle

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

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