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deliquescent collapse: (especially of certain salts) becoming liquid by absorbing moisture from the air

drift away collapse

die down collapse: become progressively weaker; "the laughter died down"

dodder collapse: a leafless annual parasitic vine of the genus Cuscuta having whitish or yellow filamentous stems; obtain nourishment through haustoria

dwindling collapse: a becoming gradually less; "there is no greater sadness that the dwindling away of a family"; gradually decreasing until little remains

grow old collapse

diminishing collapse: becoming smaller or less or appearing to do so; "diminishing returns"; "his diminishing respect for her"

decrescendo collapse: (music) a gradual decrease in loudness; gradually decreasing in volume; grow quieter; "The music decrescendoes here"

move away collapse

wax and wane collapse

budge collapse: United States tennis player who in 1938 was the first to win the Australian and French and English and United States singles championship in the same year (1915-2000)

touch bottom collapse

come and go collapse

stand off collapse

full stop collapse

dead stop collapse

retrocede collapse

reductive collapse: characterized by or causing diminution or curtailment; "their views of life were reductive and depreciabory" - R.H.Rovere

recede collapse: become faint or more distant; "the unhappy memories of her childhood receded as she grew older"; move back and away from; "The enemy fell back"

slippage collapse: failing to hold or slipping out of place; "the knots allowed no slippage"; a decrease of transmitted power in a mechanical system caused by slipping; decline from a standard level of performance or achievement

fluctuate collapse: be unstable; "The stock market fluctuates"; move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern; "the line on the monitor vacillated"; cause to fluctuate or move in a wavelike pattern

standstill collapse

depravation collapse

gyrate collapse: to wind or move in a spiral course; "the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action"; "black smoke coiling up into the sky"; "the young people gyrated on the dance floor"

blow hot and cold collapse

decadent collapse: a person who has fallen into a decadent state (morally or artistically); marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay; "a decadent life of excessive money and no sense of responsibility"; "a group of effete self-professed intellectuals"

subsidence collapse

corrode collapse: become destroyed by water, air, or an etching chemical such as an acid; "The metal corroded"; "The pipes rusted"; cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid; "The acid corroded the metal"; "The steady dripping of water rusted the metal stopper in the sink"

decadence collapse

downward trend collapse

oscillate collapse: move or swing from side to side regularly; "the needle on the meter was oscillating"

wizen collapse

retrogress collapse

shrivel collapse: wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled"

tranquilize collapse

relent collapse

deceleration collapse: the act of decelerating; decreasing the speed; "he initiated deceleration by braking"; a decrease in rate of change; "the deceleration of the arms race"; (physics) a rate of decrease in velocity

derogation collapse: (law) the partial taking away of the effectiveness of a law; a partial repeal or abolition of a law; "any derogation of the common law is to be strictly construed"

pacify collapse: fight violence and try to establish peace in (a location); "The U.N. troops are working to pacify Bosnia"; cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify the angry customer"

demotion collapse: act of lowering in rank or position

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