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v. go out of existence; "She hoped that the problem would eventually pass away"

die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it

v. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102"

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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"

subside, lessen

v. wear off or die down; "The pain subsided"

leave, depart, pull up stakes

v. remove oneself from an association with or participation in; "She wants to leave"; "The teenager left home"; "She left her position with the Red Cross"; "He left the Senate after two terms"; "after 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes"

die, pall, become flat

v. lose sparkle or bouquet; "wine and beer can pall"

ebb

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

wane

v. decrease in phase; "the moon is waning"

bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolour, decolorize, decolourize, decolorise, decolourise, discolorize, discolourise, discolorise

v. remove color from; "The sun bleached the red shirt"

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"

waste, waste away, diminish

v. become diminished

shrink, shrivel

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

lapse

v. end, at least for a long time; "The correspondence lapsed"

elapse, lapse, pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go along

v. pass by; "three years elapsed"

make, work

v. proceed along a path; "work one's way through the crowd"; "make one's way into the forest"

bow out, withdraw

v. retire gracefully; "He bowed out when he realized he could no longer handle the demands of the chairmanship"

exit, go out, get out, leave

v. move out of or depart from; "leave the room"; "the fugitive has left the country"

retire

v. go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position; "He retired at age 68"

weaken

v. become weaker; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days"

be born

v. come into existence through birth; "She was born on a farm"

survive, pull through, pull round, come through, make it

v. continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.); "He survived the cancer against all odds"

begin, start

v. have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense; "The DMZ begins right over the hill"; "The second movement begins after the Allegro"; "Prices for these homes start at $250,000"

come to, revive, resuscitate

v. return to consciousness; "The patient came to quickly"; "She revived after the doctor gave her an injection"

better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate

v. get better; "The weather improved toward evening"

wear, hold out, endure

v. last and be usable; "This dress wore well for almost ten years"

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