peter

[pee-ter] / ˈpi tər /

VERB

decrease

Synonyms

STRONG

check contract curb decay decline degenerate drain droop drop ease ebb fade lower quiet rebate settle shrink sink slash slump taper wane waste

WEAK

abate calm down crumble curtail cut down depreciate deteriorate devaluate die down diminish drop off dry up dwindle evaporate fall off lessen let up lighten lose edge modify narrow down peter out quell reduce restrain run low shrivel slack off slacken slow down soften subside tail away tail off weaken wear away wear down wither

Antonyms

STRONG

aid ascend assist build develop enlarge expand go up grow help improve increase pour raise rise strengthen stretch

Example Sentences

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Michael van Gerwen says Peter Wright should retire after his emphatic defeat in the second round of the PDC World Championship.

From BBC

There he met Peter Thiel, the self-styled philosopher king of the right-wing tech community.

From Barron's

Peter Kuitenbrouwer describes himself as a child of “itinerant hippies.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Instead, the Canadian Kuitenbrouwers wound up on a farm in Quebec where, Peter’s mother and stepfather whimsically decreed, they would thenceforth make maple syrup, what the author calls “the national lifeblood” of Canada.

From The Wall Street Journal

He clashed with trade adviser and tariff supporter Peter Navarro.

From The Wall Street Journal

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