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SAG
Droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness

EBB
The outward flow of the tide

SAP
Deplete; "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength"

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WILT
Causing to become limp or drooping

DAMP
Deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping

TIRE
Hoop that covers a wheel; "automobile tires are usually made of rubber and filled with compressed air"

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ERODE
Become ground down or deteriorate; "Her confidence eroded"

BREAK
An escape from jail; "the breakout was carefully planned"

ABATE
Make less active or intense

BLUNT
Used of a knife or other blade; not sharp; "a blunt instrument"

ALLAY
Lessen the intensity of or calm; "The news eased my conscience"; "still the fears"

CRAMP
A clamp for holding pieces of wood together while they are glued

DECAY
Fall into decay or ruin; "The unoccupied house started to decay"

DRAIN
Emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it

DROOP
Droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness

FAINT
Lacking strength or vigor; "damning with faint praise"; "faint resistance"; "feeble efforts"; "a feeble voice"

GRUEL
A thin porridge (usually oatmeal or cornmeal)

LAYUP
Disable or confine, as with an illness; "She was laid up with pneumonia for six weeks"

QUEER
Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; "a curious hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they have some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name"; "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"; "something definitely queer about this town"; "what a rum fellow"; "singular behavior"

RELAX
Cause to feel relaxed; "A hot bath always relaxes me"

REMIT
(law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court)

SHAKE
Undermine or cause to waver; "my faith has been shaken"; "The bad news shook her hopes"

SLACK
A soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot

SOBER
Dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises; "a grave God-fearing man"; "a quiet sedate nature"; "as sober as a judge"; "a solemn promise"; "the judge was solemn as he pronounced sentence"

SPIKE
Sports equipment consisting of a sharp point on the sole of a shoe worn by athletes; "spikes provide greater traction"

TAPER
Stick of wax with a wick in the middle

TRAIL
Evidence pointing to a possible solution; "the police are following a promising lead"; "the trail led straight to the perpetrator"

UNFIT
Not in good physical or mental condition; out of condition; "fat and very unfit"; "certified as unfit for army service"; "drunk and unfit for service"

UNMAN
Cause to lose one's nerve; "an unmanning experience"

UPEND
Set, turn, or stand on end; "upend the box and empty the contents"

UPSET
An improbable and unexpected victory; "the biggest upset since David beat Goliath"

USEUP
Require (time or space); "It took three hours to get to work this morning"; "This event occupied a very short time"

WASTE
Useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly; "if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste"; "mindless dissipation of natural resources"

WATER
Liquid excretory product; "there was blood in his urine"; "the child had to make water"

WEARY
Exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike"

WRECK
A ship that has been destroyed at sea

YIELD
Production of a certain amount

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BUGGER
Someone who engages in anal copulation (especially a male who engages in anal copulation with another male)

CAVEIN
The sudden collapse of something into a hollow beneath it

DAMAGE
Any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right

DEADEN
Make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound"

DEBASE
Lower in value by increasing the base-metal content

FAGOUT
Exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike"

GOSOFT

HARASS
Annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"

INJURE
Cause damage or affect negatively; "Our business was hurt by the new competition"

KIBOSH
Stop from happening or developing; "Block his election"; "Halt the process"

LAYLOW

LESSEN
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"

LOOSEN
Become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"

PEGOUT

RAREFY
Weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance)

RATTLE
Loosely connected horny sections at the end of a rattlesnake's tail

REDUCE
Take off weight

ROTUND
Excessively fat; "a weighty man"

SHRINK
A physician who specializes in psychiatry

SICKEN
Cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of; "The pornographic pictures sickened us"

STIFLE
Joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee

SUBDUE
Correct by punishment or discipline

TEMPER
The elasticity and hardness of a metal object; its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking

TUCKER
A sewer who tucks

WEAKEN
Reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of; "de-escalate a crisis"

WEARON
Pass slowly (of time); "The day wore on"

WITHER
Wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled"

WORSEN
Grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened"

IMPAIR
Make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty"

DILUTE
Corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor"

DAMPEN
Check; keep in check (a fire)

SOFTEN
Make soft or softer; "This liquid will soften your laundry"

RELENT
Give in, as to influence or pressure

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SUBSIDE
Descend into or as if into some soft substance or place; "He sank into bed"; "She subsided into the chair"

SUBVERT
Cause the downfall of; of rulers; "The Czar was overthrown"; "subvert the ruling class"

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STEPDOWN
Reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of; "de-escalate a crisis"

SABOTAGE
A deliberate act of destruction or disruption in which equipment is damaged

UNDERCUT
(sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball; "cuts do not bother a good tennis player"

ETIOLATE
Make pale or sickly; "alcohol etiolates your skin"

LANGUISH
Lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief; "After her husband died, she just pined away"

ENFEEBLE
Make weak; "Life in the camp drained him"

ENERVATE
Disturb the composure of

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UNDERMINE
Hollow out as if making a cave or opening; "The river was caving the banks"

ATTENUATE
Weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance)

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DEESCALATE

COUNTERACT
Act in opposition to

EMASCULATE
Remove the testicles of a male animal

DEBILITATE
Make weak; "Life in the camp drained him"

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COUNTERMINE
(military) a tunnel dug to defeat similar activities by the enemy