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- verb idiomatic To lose
energy and becomeweak andfeeble .
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synonyms (155)
Words with the same meaning
- Sanforize
- abate
- ablate
- absorb
- age
- assimilate
- atomize
- atrophy
- attenuate
- bate
- be consumed
- be eaten away
- be gone
- bleed white
- break up
- burn up
- cease
- cease to be
- cease to exist
- cheat the undertaker
- come apart
- consume
- consume away
- corrode
- crack up
- crumble
- crumble into dust
- decay
- decline
- decompose
- decrease
- deliquesce
- dematerialize
- depart
- deplete
- die
- die away
- die out
- digest
- diminish
- disappear
- disintegrate
- disjoin
- disorganize
- dispel
- disperse
- dissipate
- dissolve
- dive
- do a fade-out
- dodder
- drain
- drain of resources
- dribble away
- droop
- drop
- drop off
- dry up
- dwindle
- eat
- eat up
- ebb
- emacerate
- emaciate
- erode
- evanesce
- evaporate
- exhaust
- exit
- expend
- fade
- fade away
- fade out
- fail
- fall
- fall away
- fall off
- fall short
- fall to pieces
- finish
- finish off
- fission
- flag
- flee
- fly
- get along
- get on
- go
- go away
- gobble
- gobble up
- grow old
- hide
- impoverish
- ingest
- languish
- leave no trace
- leave the scene
- lessen
- let up
- lose strength
- macerate
- melt
- melt away
- molder
- parch
- pass
- pass away
- pass out
- peak
- perish
- pine
- pine away
- plummet
- plunge
- preshrink
- retire from sight
- run down
- run low
- run to seed
- run to waste
- sag
- sear
- shake
- shrink
- shrivel
- sink
- sink away
- spend
- split
- squander
- subside
- suck dry
- suffer an eclipse
- swallow
- swallow up
- tail off
- thin
- totter
- turn gray
- turn white
- use up
- vanish
- vanish from sight
- wane
- waste
- weaken
- wear
- wear away
- weazen
- wilt
- wither
- wither away
- wizen
- wrinkle
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