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| Main Entry: |
go down
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lose, fall |
| Synonyms: | be beaten, be defeated, cave in, collapse, crumple, decline, decrease, descend, droop, drop, fold, founder, go under, keel, lessen, make less, pitch, plunge, reduce, sag, set, sink, slump, submerge, submerse, submit, succumb, suffer defeat, topple, tumble |
| Antonyms: | gain, go up, increase |
| Main Entry: | perish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | die, decline, decay |
| Synonyms: | OD, be destroyed, be killed, be lost, bite the dust, break down, buy the farm, cease, check out*, collapse, corrupt, croak, crumble, decease, decompose, demise, depart, disappear, disintegrate, end, expire, fall, give up the ghost, go, go under, kick the bucket, lose life, pass, pass away, pass on, rot, succumb, vanish, waste*, wither |
| Antonyms: | give birth, revive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | plummet |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fall hard and fast |
| Synonyms: | collapse, crash, decline, decrease, descend, dip, dive, downturn, drop, drop down, dump, fall, nose-dive, plunge, precipitate, sink, skid, stoop, swoop, tumble |
| Antonyms: | ascend, rise, shoot up |
| Main Entry: | sink |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fall, decrease |
| Synonyms: | abate, collapse, diminish, drop, lapse, lessen, relapse, retrogress, slip, slump, subside, wane |
| Antonyms: | grow, increase, rise |
| Main Entry: | slump |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | decline, sink |
| Synonyms: | bend, blight, cave in, collapse, crash, decay, deteriorate, droop, drop, fall, fall off, go down, go downhill, go to ruin, hunch, keel over, loll, pitch, plummet, plunge, reach new low, sag, slide, slip, slouch, topple, tumble |
| Antonyms: | ascend, increase, rise |
| Main Entry: | subside |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | die down; decrease |
| Synonyms: | abate, cave in, collapse, de-escalate, decline, descend, die away, diminish, drop, dwindle, ease, ease off, ebb, fall, let up, level off, lower, lull, melt, moderate, peter out, quieten, recede, settle, sink, slacken, taper, wane |
| Antonyms: | grow, increase, rise |
| Main Entry: | succumb |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | die or surrender |
| Synonyms: | accede, bow, break down, buckle, capitulate, cave, cave in, cease, collapse, croak, decease, defer, demise, depart, drop, eat crow, expire, fall, fall victim to, flake out, fold, give in, give in to, give out, give up the ghost, give way, go, go down, go under, knuckle, knuckle under, meet waterloo, pack it in, pass, pass away, perish, quit, show white flag, submit, take the count, throw in the towel, wilt, yield |
| Antonyms: | conquer, create, overcome, win |
| Main Entry: | swoon |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | faint |
| Synonyms: | be overcome, become unconscious, black out, collapse, drop, feel giddy, feel lightheaded, go out like a light, keel over, lose consciousness, pass out, weaken |
| Main Entry: | tire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exhaust, weary |
| Synonyms: | annoy, bore, burn out, bush, collapse, crawl, debilitate, deject, depress, disgust, dishearten, dispirit, displease, distress, drain, droop, drop, enervate, ennui, exasperate, fag, fail, faint, fatigue, flag, fold, give out, go stale, grow weary, harass, irk, irritate, jade, nauseate, overburden, overstrain, overtax, overwork, pain, pall, peter out, poop out, prostrate, put to sleep, sap, sicken, sink, strain, tax, vex, weaken, wear, wear down, wear out, wilt, worry, yawn |
| Antonyms: | activate, energize, fire up, invigorate, refresh |
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