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decline, grow worse, get worse

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

aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate, make worse

v. make worse; "This drug aggravates the pain"

fade, languish

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

lapse, backslide

v. drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards

ebb

v. flow back or recede; "the tides ebbed at noon"

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"

lessen, subside

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

wane

v. become smaller; "Interest in his novels waned"

bleach, decolor, decolorize, discolorize, remove color from, bleach out

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

waste, waste away, diminish

v. become diminished

dwindle, dwindle away, dwindle down, lose substance

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

shrink, shrivel, wither, shrivel up

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

fall, decrease, diminish, lessen

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"

misfire, fail to detonate, fail to fire

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

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"

decline, wane, go down, grow smaller

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

degenerate, deteriorate, fall apart

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

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

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

refrain, abstain, desist, abstain from, desist from, refrain from

v. choose not to consume; "I abstain from alcohol"

reject, decline, refuse, turn down, pass up

v. refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality"

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"

outrage, incense, exasperate, enfuriate, infuriate

v. make furious

aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate

v. exasperate or irritate

gall, chafe, fret

v. become or make sore by or as if by rubbing

rise, heighten

v. become more extreme; "The tension heightened"

intensify, escalate, step up

v. increase in extent or intensity; "The Allies escalated the bombing"