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abate
,
bate
,
be annihilated
,
be consumed
,
be destroyed
,
be disappointing
,
be no more
,
be unproductive
,
be used up
,
be wiped out
,
blow
,
break
,
break down
,
burn out
,
cave in
,
cease to be
,
cease to exist
,
collapse
,
come apart
,
come short
,
come to naught
,
come to nothing
,
come unstuck
,
conk out
,
crack up
,
crumble
,
decline
,
die
,
die away
,
die out
,
diminish
,
disappear
,
disintegrate
,
dissolve
,
droop
,
drop
,
dry up
,
dwindle
,
evaporate
,
expire
,
fade
,
fade away
,
fade out
,
fail
,
faint
,
fall down
,
fall flat
,
fall short
,
fall through
,
fatigue
,
fizzle
,
fizzle out
,
flag
,
flee
,
fly
,
gasp
,
get bogged down
,
get hung up
,
get mired
,
get tired
,
give out
,
give way
,
go
,
go downhill
,
go soft
,
go to pieces
,
go wrong
,
grow weary
,
hang fire
,
hit the skids
,
jade
,
languish
,
leave no trace
,
lessen
,
lie fallow
,
melt away
,
not hack it
,
not make it
,
pant
,
pass
,
pass away
,
peg out
,
perish
,
pine
,
play out
,
poop out
,
puff
,
puff and blow
,
rebate
,
recede
,
run down
,
run dry
,
run out
,
sink
,
succumb
,
taper off
,
tire
,
turn sour
,
vanish
,
wane
,
waste
,
weaken
,
wear away
,
wear thin
,
weary
,
wheeze
,
wilt
,
yield
fall away
collapse
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abate
,
ablate
,
apostacize
,
apostatize
,
ascend
,
bank
,
bate
,
be eaten away
,
be found wanting
,
bolt
,
break away
,
cant
,
careen
,
change sides
,
climb
,
collapse
,
come short
,
consume
,
consume away
,
corrode
,
crumble
,
decline
,
decrease
,
defect
,
deliquesce
,
descend
,
desert
,
die
,
die away
,
diminish
,
dip
,
dive
,
drop
,
drop off
,
dwindle
,
ebb
,
erode
,
fade
,
fail
,
fall
,
fall off
,
fall short
,
go down
,
go downhill
,
go off
,
go over
,
go uphill
,
grade
,
hit a slump
,
hit rock bottom
,
hit the skids
,
incline
,
keel
,
lack
,
lag
,
languish
,
lapse
,
lean
,
lessen
,
let up
,
list
,
lose ground
,
melt away
,
not answer
,
not hack it
,
not make it
,
not make out
,
not measure up
,
not stretch
,
not suffice
,
pitch
,
plummet
,
plunge
,
rake
,
reach the depths
,
retreat
,
rise
,
run down
,
run low
,
run short
,
sag
,
secede
,
shelve
,
shrink
,
sidle
,
sink
,
slant
,
slide
,
slip
,
slope
,
slump
,
stop short
,
subside
,
swag
,
sway
,
switch
,
switch over
,
tail off
,
tilt
,
tip
,
touch bottom
,
turn cloak
,
uprise
,
wane
,
want
,
waste
,
waste away
,
wear
,
wear away
palliate
collapse
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abate
,
adjust to
,
allay
,
alleviate
,
allow for
,
alter
,
anesthetize
,
appease
,
assuage
,
attemper
,
bank the fire
,
benumb
,
blunt
,
box in
,
camouflage
,
chasten
,
circumscribe
,
cloak
,
color
,
conceal
,
condition
,
condone
,
constrain
,
control
,
cushion
,
damp
,
dampen
,
de-emphasize
,
deaden
,
deaden the pain
,
diminish
,
disguise
,
dissemble
,
downplay
,
dull
,
ease
,
ease matters
,
excuse
,
extenuate
,
foment
,
give relief
,
gloss over
,
hedge
,
hedge about
,
hush up
,
ignore
,
keep within bounds
,
lay
,
leaven
,
lenify
,
lessen
,
lighten
,
limit
,
lull
,
make allowance for
,
mask
,
mince
,
mitigate
,
moderate
,
modify
,
modulate
,
mollify
,
narrow
,
numb
,
obtund
,
pad
,
play down
,
poultice
,
pour balm into
,
pour oil on
,
prettify
,
qualify
,
reduce
,
reduce the temperature
,
regulate by
,
relieve
,
restrain
,
restrict
,
salve
,
season
,
set conditions
,
set limits
,
slacken
,
slake
,
slow down
,
slur over
,
smother
,
sober
,
sober down
,
soft-pedal
,
soften
,
soothe
,
stifle
,
stupe
,
subdue
,
sugarcoat
,
suppress
,
tame
,
temper
,
tone down
,
tune down
,
underplay
,
varnish
,
veneer
,
weaken
,
white
,
whiten
,
whitewash
bate
collapse
soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments; "bate hides and skins"
flap the wings wildly or frantically; used of falcons
moderate or restrain; lessen the force of; "He bated his breath when talking about this affair"; "capable of bating his enthusiasm"
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abate
,
ablate
,
abrade
,
abstract
,
alleviate
,
allow
,
attenuate
,
bar
,
be eaten away
,
blunt
,
charge off
,
close
,
consume
,
consume away
,
corrode
,
count out
,
crumble
,
curtail
,
cut
,
debar
,
decline
,
decrease
,
deduct
,
deliquesce
,
depreciate
,
derogate
,
detract
,
die away
,
die down
,
dilute
,
diminish
,
discount
,
disedge
,
disparage
,
dive
,
drain
,
draw the teeth
,
drop
,
drop off
,
dull
,
dwindle
,
ease
,
ease off
,
ease up
,
eat away
,
ebb
,
eliminate
,
erode
,
except
,
extenuate
,
extract
,
fall
,
fall away
,
fall off
,
file away
,
impair
,
kick back
,
languish
,
leach
,
lessen
,
let down
,
let up
,
loose
,
loosen
,
make allowance
,
melt away
,
mitigate
,
moderate
,
obtund
,
plummet
,
plunge
,
purify
,
rebate
,
reduce
,
refine
,
refund
,
relax
,
remit
,
remove
,
repress
,
retrench
,
retund
,
rub away
,
rule out
,
run low
,
sag
,
shorten
,
shrink
,
sink
,
slack
,
slack off
,
slack up
,
slacken
,
slake
,
subduct
,
subside
,
subtract
,
suspend
,
tail off
,
take a premium
,
take away
,
take from
,
take off
,
taper
,
taper off
,
thin
,
thin out
,
turn
,
unbend
,
unbrace
,
unstrain
,
unstring
,
wane
,
waste
,
waste away
,
water down
,
weaken
,
wear
,
wear away
,
weed
,
withdraw
,
write off
shorten
collapse
become short or shorter; "In winter, the days shorten"
make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration; "He shortened his trip due to illness"
make short or shorter; "shorten the skirt"; "shorten the rope by a few inches"
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abate
,
abbreviate
,
abrade
,
abridge
,
abstract
,
bate
,
be telegraphic
,
bob
,
bobtail
,
boil down
,
brief
,
capsule
,
capsulize
,
circumscribe
,
clip
,
coarct
,
compact
,
compress
,
concentrate
,
condense
,
consolidate
,
constrict
,
constringe
,
contract
,
cramp
,
crop
,
curtail
,
cut
,
cut back
,
cut down
,
cut off short
,
cut short
,
damp
,
dampen
,
decrease
,
deduct
,
deflate
,
depreciate
,
depress
,
derogate
,
detract
,
digest
,
diminish
,
disparage
,
dock
,
downgrade
,
drain
,
draw
,
draw in
,
draw together
,
eat away
,
elide
,
epitomize
,
erode
,
excerpt
,
extract
,
file away
,
foreshorten
,
hem
,
impair
,
knit
,
leach
,
lessen
,
lower
,
minify
,
minimize
,
mow
,
narrow
,
nip
,
nutshell
,
outline
,
pare
,
poll
,
pollard
,
prune
,
pucker
,
pucker up
,
purify
,
purse
,
reap
,
recap
,
recapitulate
,
reduce
,
refine
,
remove
,
retrench
,
roll back
,
rub away
,
scale down
,
shave
,
shear
,
shrink
,
simplify
,
sketch
,
sketch out
,
slash
,
snub
,
solidify
,
step down
,
strangle
,
strangulate
,
stunt
,
subduct
,
subtract
,
sum up
,
summarize
,
synopsize
,
take away
,
take from
,
take in
,
telescope
,
thin
,
thin out
,
trim
,
truncate
,
tune down
,
waste no words
,
wear away
,
weed
,
withdraw
,
wrinkle
pare
collapse
decrease gradually or bit by bit
remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size; "pare one's fingernails"; "trim the photograph"; "trim lumber"
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abridge
,
abscind
,
amputate
,
annihilate
,
ax
,
ban
,
bar
,
bark
,
beat down
,
bisect
,
bob
,
break
,
butcher
,
carve
,
cheapen
,
chop
,
cleave
,
clip
,
compress
,
crop
,
cull
,
curtail
,
cut
,
cut away
,
cut back
,
cut down
,
cut in two
,
cut off
,
cut out
,
cut prices
,
damp
,
dampen
,
decline
,
decorticate
,
decrease
,
deduct
,
deflate
,
depreciate
,
depress
,
devaluate
,
dichotomize
,
diminish
,
dissever
,
dive
,
dock
,
downgrade
,
eliminate
,
enucleate
,
eradicate
,
except
,
excise
,
exclude
,
excoriate
,
extinguish
,
extirpate
,
fall
,
fall in price
,
fissure
,
flay
,
gash
,
give way
,
hack
,
halve
,
hew
,
incise
,
isolate
,
jew down
,
jigsaw
,
knock off
,
lance
,
lessen
,
lop
,
lower
,
mark down
,
mutilate
,
nip
,
nose-dive
,
peel
,
pick out
,
plummet
,
plunge
,
prune
,
reduce
,
rend
,
retrench
,
rive
,
roll back
,
root out
,
rule out
,
sag
,
saw
,
scale down
,
scalp
,
scissor
,
set apart
,
set aside
,
sever
,
shave
,
shave off
,
shear
,
shorten
,
shuck
,
simplify
,
skin
,
slash
,
slice
,
slit
,
slump
,
snip
,
split
,
stamp out
,
step down
,
strike off
,
strip
,
strip off
,
sunder
,
take from
,
take off
,
take out
,
tear
,
trim
,
truncate
,
tune down
,
whittle
,
wipe out
modify
collapse
make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage"
add a modifier to a constituent
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abate
,
accommodate
,
adapt
,
adjust
,
adjust to
,
alter
,
ameliorate
,
amend
,
analyze
,
anatomize
,
assuage
,
atomize
,
better
,
box in
,
break up
,
change
,
chop logic
,
circumscribe
,
condition
,
convert
,
decrease
,
deform
,
denature
,
desynonymize
,
difference
,
differentiate
,
diminish
,
discriminate
,
disequalize
,
disjoin
,
distinguish
,
diversify
,
divide
,
fit
,
hedge
,
hedge about
,
improve
,
individualize
,
individuate
,
leaven
,
lessen
,
limit
,
lower
,
make a distinction
,
mark
,
mark off
,
mark out
,
meliorate
,
mitigate
,
moderate
,
modulate
,
mutate
,
narrow
,
overthrow
,
palliate
,
particularize
,
personalize
,
qualify
,
re-create
,
realign
,
rebuild
,
reconstruct
,
redesign
,
redo
,
reduce
,
refashion
,
refine a distinction
,
refit
,
reform
,
regulate by
,
remake
,
remodel
,
renew
,
reorganize
,
reorient
,
reshape
,
restrain
,
restrict
,
restructure
,
revamp
,
revise
,
revive
,
reword
,
rework
,
ring the changes
,
season
,
segregate
,
separate
,
set apart
,
set conditions
,
set limits
,
set off
,
sever
,
severalize
,
shift the scene
,
shuffle the cards
,
soften
,
specialize
,
split hairs
,
subvert
,
temper
,
tone down
,
transform
,
turn
,
turn the scale
,
turn the tables
,
turn the tide
,
turn upside down
,
vary
,
work a change
,
worsen
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