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What is another word for petering?

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Verb
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Present participle for to diminish to nothing
declining
decaying
degenerating
dropping
ebbing
fading
deteriorating
waning
slumping
crumbling
diminishing
contracting
depreciating
weakening
withering
drooping
lowering
slackening
checking
curbing
draining
easing
quieting
rebating
settling
shrinking
sinking
slashing
tapering
wasting
abating
curtailing
devaluating
dwindling
evaporating
lessening
lightening
modifying
quelling
reducing
restraining
shrivellingUK
shrivelingUS
softening
subsiding
falling off
calming down
cutting down
dying down
dropping off
drying up
letting up
losing edge
narrowing down
petering out
running low
slacking off
slowing down
tailing away
tailing off
wearing away
wearing down
“We then rewind through the previous stories, expecting everything to come together with a bang, but instead seeing each tale peter out in a whimper.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to become smaller, weaker, or less important
declining
deteriorating
degenerating
dropping
decaying
falling
worsening
ebbing
fading
failing
crumbling
degrading
atrophying
debilitating
diminishing
waning
depreciating
retrograding
retrogressing
spoiling
regressing
slumping
weakening
withering
languishing
receding
sliding
slipping
collapsing
devolving
flagging
nosediving
contracting
disintegrating
rotting
wilting
drooping
lapsing
lowering
palling
backsliding
disimproving
slackening
becoming worse
fading away
getting worse
going downhill
growing worse
falling apart
falling off
going bad
hitting the skids
breaking down
going down the toilet
going down the tubes
wasting away
petering out
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