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Noun
▲
A downward or declining slope or surface
collapse
demolition
drop
fall
slide
dip
declivity
slope
incline
gradient
slant
declination
plunge
hang
declension
downgrade
down
nosedive
decline
dive
hill
downhill
hanging
downslope
swoop
tailspin
coming down
crash
settlement
precipitation
plummet
pitch
decrease
downslide
downswing
downtrend
belly flop
nose dive
lapse
jump
depression
plump
reduction
duck
dent
submersion
cut
downturn
diminution
submergence
deterioration
lessening
abatement
ebb
fall-off
downfall
depreciation
falling off
bellyflop
free-fall
ducking
concavity
cant
pit
sink
trough
basin
hollow
dimple
sinkhole
indentation
hole
header headlong jump
slump
lowering
rise and fall
cutback
decrement
loss
diminishment
falloff
shrinkage
depletion
curtailment
devaluation
downtick
step down
immersion
dunk
investment
venture
spree
nose-dive
high dive
skid
dwindling
pratfall
spill
recession
downward slope
degeneration
degradation
comedown
degeneracy
decadence
debasement
decay
weakening
demise
decaying
eclipse
ebbing
flameout
sinking
devolution
enfeeblement
debilitation
retrogression
regression
downward spiral
abasement
pathos
cadence
downcome
anticlimax
discomfiture
more ❯
Noun
▲
The action of surrendering to an opponent or powerful influence
about-face
about-turn
capitulation
concession
surrender
U-turn
withdrawal
yielding
submission
relinquishment
succumbing
submitting
rendition
capitulating
handover
cession
defeat
acquiescence
resignation
fall
relenting
giving in
laying down of arms
collapse
accedence
buckling
bowing
conceding
retreat
giving up
knuckling under
quitting
renunciation
appeasement
delivery
cessation
dedition
giving way
white flag
admission of defeat
Noun
▲
An instance of a structure falling down or giving way
implosion
collapse
crumbling
disintegration
falling-in
subsidence
destruction
crash
breakdown
wreck
wrecking
ruin
ruination
cropper
perishing
buckling
crackup
smashup
falling down
catastrophe
giving way
smash
undoing
falling
yielding
crumpling
falling apart
falling to pieces
failure
foundering
fizzle
shutdown
downfall
defeat
debacle
depression
malfunction
disturbance
hitch
disruption
interruption
hindrance
impediment
stoppage
mishap
halt
break
cessation
falling through
fizzling out
lack of success
seizing up
conking out
Noun
▲
The state in which someone has to accept the control of another person
submission
compliance
obedience
submissiveness
yielding
acquiescence
meekness
tractability
deference
docility
malleability
passivity
resignation
unassertiveness
surrender
tractableness
biddability
capitulation
duteousness
dutifulness
humility
manageability
non-resistance
servility
subjection
capitulating
cession
conformity
handover
patience
relinquishment
rendition
self-abasement
self-effacement
submitting
subordination
subservience
tameness
bootlicking
obeisance
obsequiousness
appeasement
assent
bowing
cringing
defeatism
humbleness
nonresistance
passivism
pliabilty
prostration
recreancy
giving in
backing down
endurance
fortitude
forbearance
tolerance
stoicism
longanimity
fatalism
passiveness
phlegm
forbearing
acknowledgementUK
modesty
resignedness
lowliness
patientness
acknowledgmentUS
lack of complaint
lack of protest
acceptance of the inevitable
more ❯
Noun
▲
Physical harm that impairs the value, usefulness, or normal function of something
damage
harm
injury
destruction
detriment
impairment
devastation
hurt
loss
mutilation
ruin
defacement
defilement
desecration
disfigurement
scarring
suffering
vandalism
vandalization
wreckage
affliction
attrition
battering
crushing
deterioration
erosion
friction
havoc
shattering
vitiation
wrecking
abrasion
abuse
annihilation
corrosion
debasement
degeneration
detrition
ill
ruination
spoilage
adulteration
breakage
corruption
depreciation
deprivation
evil
infliction
marring
mishap
waste
accident
adversity
bane
blemish
blow
bruise
casualty
catastrophe
contamination
disservice
disturbance
hardship
illness
knockout
mischief
outrage
pollution
ravage
ruining
wound
wrong
wear and tear
rack and ruin
more ❯
Verb
▲
To alter in shape or succumb under physical pressure
give
give way
cave in
collapse
break
capitulate
fall apart
come apart
succumb
bend
break down
crumple
fall
buckle
topple
sink
fall in
give in
tumble down
yield
go
tumble
implode
crumble
founder
disintegrate
fall down
fall to pieces
go out
go down
be beaten by
kick off
be overcome by
plunge
descend
plummet
dive
decline
dip
nosedive
crater
droop
nose-dive
pitch
skid
decrease
recede
slip
downturn
fall away
take a nosedive
trip
stumble
cascade
gravitate
diminish
lessen
dwindle
taper
wane
regress
reduce
flag
abate
ebb
ease
relent
set
stoop
go under the surface
dunk
touch bottom
fall headlong
go downwards
run
come downwards
go to the bottom
dip beneath the horizon
go lower
flounder
cast down
fall off
go downhill
drop off
fall steeply
fall sharply
precipitate
descend rapidly
drop rapidly
dump
decrease rapidly
ratchet down
phase down
de-escalate
flop
slope
slouch
incline
tip
slide
flump
slope downwards
bank
verge
slope down
tilt
slant down
drop away
be at an angle
plop oneself
plonk yourself
lower oneself
plank oneself
plonk oneself
plump oneself
plump yourself
spiral
more ❯
Verb
▲
Stop resisting to an enemy or opponent and submit to their authority
surrender
yield
submit
succumb
capitulate
give in
quit
concede
relent
cave in
acquiesce
bow
defer
abandon
blink
budge
cede
crumble
fall
indulge
knuckle under
back down
climb down
give oneself up
give way
be beaten
be overcome
be overwhelmed
consign
entrust
fall victim
fold
forego
knuckle
leave
accept defeat
concede defeat
admit defeat
buckle under
cry uncle
eat crow
give yourself up
go down
go under
lay down arms
let go
play dead
raise the white flag
roll over
throw in the sponge
eat humble pie
go along with
pack it in
toss it in
lay down your arms
put up white flag
wave the white flag
show the white flag
throw in the towel
more ❯
Verb
▲
To accept or consent by silence or by omitting to object
acquiesce
accept
allow
approve
submit
comply
yield
bend
concur
conform
surrender
accede
agree
assent
consent
permit
succumb
tolerate
bow to
capitulate
cave in
give in
respect
abide by
agree to
assent to
brook
concur with
consent to
go along with
OK
okay
play ball
subscribe
accommodate
adapt
adjust
buy
comply with
concede
conform to
cooperate with
ditto
jibe
pass
reconcile
set
stand by
suffer
yes
come round
say yes to
submit to
toe the line
yield to
accept tacitly
come across
come around
cry uncle
give in to
give out
give the nod to
go along
hoist the white flag
say uncle
shake on
cut a deal
give the go-ahead to
say the word
give the thumbs up to
give the green light to
roll over and play dead
concede to
say yes
throw in the towel
let
fold
give permission for
give up
roll over
sign off on
make a deal
undertake
engage
comprobate
astipulate
enter into
be game for
surrender to
give the green light
back down to
defer to
come round to
give carte blanche
give blessing
cave in to
give something the nod
relent to
give the go-ahead
acquiesce to
give way to
concert
collaborate
join
conjoin
league
cooperate
conspire
unite
be in harmony
team up
band
coadjute
harmoniseUK
be in accord
harmonizeUS
meet
correspond
fall in
band together
combine
equal
be of the same opinion
be together
come together
be of the same mind
be consonant with
be in sympathy
see eye to eye
be in agreement
be in accordance
more ❯
Verb
▲
Go out of business
go bust
fail
collapse
cease trading
crash
fold
founder
go bankrupt
go under
become insolvent
be ruined
cave in
fold up
be closed
be liquidated
be shut
bust
flatline
flop
go broke
go bump
be closed down
be shut down
be wound up
close down
go into liquidation
go into receivership
shut down
stop trading
come a cropper
go belly up
go to the wall
go out of business
shut
shut up shop
cease activity
cease operating
liquidate
bankrupt
wind up
drop the curtain
close out
call it a day
pack it in
go on strike
stop
cease
abandon
close up
shut up
put the lid on
go down
submerge
fall
suffocate
drown
surrender
sink
submerse
submit
succumb
more ❯
Verb
▲
Bend and give way under pressure or strain
buckle
bend
twist
distort
warp
collapse
contort
crumple
curve
become bent
become twisted
become warped
bulge
deform
give
make bent
make twisted
make warped
malform
misshape
address
apply
arc
arch
become contorted
become crooked
become curved
become distorted
devote
fold
founder
go
implode
make contorted
make curved
make distorted
mangle
tumble
wrinkle
yield
become deformed
become malformed
become misshapen
bend out of shape
cave in
make crooked
make deformed
make malformed
make misshapen
subside
become mangled
go out
make mangled
develop a fold
develop a kink
develop a wrinkle
give way
flex
stretch
be pliant
be flexible
disfigure
pretzel
squinch
screw
torture
gnarl
knot
crush
mangulate
screw up
convolute
writhe
detort
wrench
grimace
wind
wrench out of shape
damage
mutilate
maim
injure
ruin
cripple
impair
mar
bow
spoil
deface
skew
wince
flaw
batter
blemish
distort the shape of
more ❯
Verb
▲
Break up into small parts as the result of impact or decay
disintegrate
collapse
fragment
shatter
splinter
crumble
break up
fail
founder
fracture
decline
dissolve
explode
fall
rupture
break
break apart
bust
corrupt
decay
decompose
degenerate
dismember
disrupt
fester
fold
foul
mouldUK
moldUS
moulderUK
molderUS
perish
putrefy
rive
rot
separate
spoil
subside
blow up
crumple
deteriorate
disunite
fall apart
shiver
blow apart
breakdown
break down
cave in
compost
deliquesce
descend
detach
dilapidate
disband
disconnect
disimprove
dismantle
disorganize
disperse
divide
fall to bits
fly apart
give way
go downhill
sever
sink
split
taint
turn
wither
worsen
fall to pieces
go belly-up
come apart
fade away
go to pieces
take apart
wash away
wash out
be smashed to smithereens
burst
fragmentize
smash to smithereens
break into pieces
implode
crack
demolish
destroy
pulverizeUS
rend
crush
splinterize
fragmentalize
scrunch
crunch
pulveriseUK
crush to smithereens
powder
spall
crack open
burst apart
crack apart
blow
trash
pop
blast
squash
prang
squish
bust up
break to pieces
make mincemeat of
break to smithereens
split up
come to pieces
wrack
crash
wreck
extinguish
annihilate
desolate
decimate
ruin
waste
cream
raze
nuke
total
devastate
vaporizeUS
smatter
rub out
impair
pull down
exhaust
tear down
blow out
vaporiseUK
do in
disable
snap
wrack up
more ❯
Verb
▲
Conform, give in
obey
follow
observe
comply with
mind
abide by
accept
adhere to
keep
submit
yield
embrace
heed
respect
succumb
surrender
conform to
accede
accord
acquiesce
acquiesce in
agree
agree to
answer
assent
cave in
comply
concur
conform
consent to
fulfilUK
fulfillUS
goose-step to
hold to
respond
serve
stick to
keep to
act in accordance with
act upon
be ruled by
come to heel
get into line
give in
give way
hold fast
live by
take orders
toe the line
be loyal to
do one's bidding
do one's duty
get in line
knuckle under
play second fiddle
do as one says
play it by the book
do as you are told
do what one is told
do what is expected
more ❯
Verb
▲
To collapse or burst inward violently
founder
collapse
abort
fail
miscarry
misfire
backfire
break down
fall through
be unsuccessful
buckle
crumple
fall flat
flatline
flop
give
go
implode
lack success
not succeed
tumble
yield
be defeated
be frustrated
come to grief
suffer defeat
be in vain
cave in
come to nothing
fizzle out
go astray
go awry
go out
go wrong
meet with disaster
plunge
run aground
submerse
wallow
wreck
come to naught
miss the mark
be lost
bite the dust
come a cropper
go under
not come up to scratch
go to bottom
go down like a lead balloon
crater
fizzle
fold
go belly-up
flame out
come unstuck
flatten
level
keel over
stop
halt
break
crash
stall
miss
slip
underperform
fluff
blunder
underachieve
die
fall short
screw up
cease to function
run down
conk out
stop functioning
cut out
stop working
fade out
lose power
seize up
give out
go phut
go kaput
fade away
pack up
give up the ghost
peter out
strike out
go down
be ruined
wash out
not pass muster
nose-dive
be found wanting
not pass
go downhill
fall by the wayside
be demoted
be found deficient
miss the boat
hit the skids
fall flat on your face
turn out badly
go pear-shaped
be rejected
hit rock bottom
go up in smoke
go by the board
not make the grade
be found lacking
not come up to the mark
lay an egg
end
terminate
flag
languish
close
bellyflop
lose money
do badly
not work
flummox
be a disappointment
be a disaster
come to a halt
come apart
go to the wall
boomerang
rebound
recoil
be counterproductive
backlash
be self-defeating
disappoint
ricochet
come back
redound on
have an adverse effect
spring back
have unwelcome repercussions for
bounce back
not go as planned
more ❯
Verb
▲
Act in an excessively subservient manner
kowtow
grovel
court
flatter
toady
truckle
fawn
be obsequious
be servile
brown-nose
apple-polish
behave obsequiously
be sycophantic
bootlick
crawl
creep
cringe
fuss
humble oneself
prostrate oneself
woo
abase oneself
blandish
bow and scrape
fawn on
bend
brownnose
butter up
cower
curry favor withUS
curry favour withUK
fold
kneel
pander
pander to
prostrate
stoop
suck up
dance attendance on
ingratiate oneself with
make up to
play up to
smoodge to
be all over
cave in
fall all over
give in
knuckle under
lick someone's boots
say uncle
suck up to
go along with
toe the mark
lie down and roll over
more ❯
Verb
▲
To deplete, or be depleted, in physical strength or energy
wilt
fade
diminish
dwindle
wane
weaken
ebb
fail
flag
sink
droop
languish
sag
wither
decay
emaciate
go
lag
lessen
disappear
evaporate
collapse
drop
faint
grow less
melt
mummify
succumb
waste
waste away
wizen
lose courage
break down
cave in
dry up
give out
melt away
pine away
eat your heart out over
more ❯
Verb
▲
Make a space; push in slightly
indent
nick
notch
cut
mark
pink
scallop
serrate
score
dent
gouge
furrow
gash
groove
incise
scratch
slit
snick
carve
deboss
dint
engrave
bash
depress
hollow
jag
make nicks in
make notches in
pit
pockmark
rabbet
rut
scoop
make an indentation in
cave in
hollow out
stave in
abrade
lacerate
damage
wound
excoriate
skin
scuff
rasp
bark
chafe
grind
rub
flay
strip
make a mark on
rub raw
tear
rend
split
puncture
injure
rip
shear
hurt
cut open
maim
tear apart
scuff up
key
scrawl on
nip
pierce
lance
triturate
flake
erase
peel
bray
scrub
thin
pare
irritate
shave
clean
claw
hack
grate
delve
burrow out
chisel out
cut into
dredge
hack out
claw out
scrape out
scratch out
prick
scarify
scrabble
more ❯
Verb
▲
To cover completely with water
submerse
deluge
drown
engulf
flood
gulf
inundate
overflow
overwhelm
submerge
swamp
bore
capsize
couch
decline
demit
depress
descend
dig
disappear
drill
drive
droop
drop
ebb
excavate
fall
flounder
founder
lay
lower
overturn
plummet
plunge
ram
regress
run
sag
scuttle
set
settle
shipwreck
slope
slump
stab
stick
stoop
subside
thrust
wreck
bring down
cast down
cave in
force down
go down
let down
put down
tip over
touch bottom
go to the bottom
more ❯
Verb
▲
Undergo a sudden severe or prolonged fall in price, value, or amount
slump
decline
crash
plunge
plummet
drop
fall
slide
tumble
collapse
decrease
deteriorate
sink
slip
fall steeply
go down
nosedive
bend
blight
decay
droop
hunch
loll
lurch
pitch
sprawl
topple
go downhill
cave in
keel over
take a nosedive
fall off
go into a tailspin
go to ruin
reach new low
reach a new low
diminish
flag
dip
reduce
drop off
fall away
settle
sag
turn down
give way
lessen
dwindle
shrink
taper
depreciate
regress
wane
subside
descend
relapse
lower
abate
ebb
lose
lapse
remit
ease
skid
recede
dive
devalue
totter
relent
backslide
cheapen
pall
trail
drag
moderate
slope
crater
buckle
flop
let up
nose-dive
de-escalate
drain away
grow less
bow out
taper off
die out
die away
ratchet down
phase down
die down
lose value
break down
decrease in value
become lower
fold up
decline in price
tip over
take a header
go through the floor
hit the dirt
be precipitated
hit the floor
weaken
fade
fade away
peter out
disappear
shrivel
slacken
trail off
become smaller
tail off
grow smaller
come to an end
degenerate
dissolve
vanish
melt away
temper
languish
melt
fail
retire
withdraw
contract
drain
attenuate
flow away
ease off
minify
retrench
blur
close
abbreviate
extenuate
get smaller
rachet down
waste away
fade out
cool off
make smaller
slacken off
fizzle out
settle down
become less
close out
slack off
more ❯
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