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What is another word for
petering out
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Verb
In a period of decrease or decline
Present participle for to make someone tired
(
of an event, action, or process
)
Present participle for to come to an end or cease to occur
Present participle for to become extinct
Present participle for to decrease in amount or degree
Present participle for to fail to discharge properly
Present participle for to stop operating
Present participle for to hinder or impede the progress or movement of
Noun
Reduction or decrease
The process of something ceasing to exist or coming to an end
Adjective
Diminishing in level or extent
… more ▼
▲
Verb
▲
In a period of decrease or decline
on the wane
contracting
declining
decreasing
diminishing
dwindling
shrinking
dimming
drooping
ebbing
fading away
growing faint
on the decline
sinking
slackening
subsiding
tailing off
tapering off
abating
attenuating
dissolving
failing
falling off
lessening
receding
winding down
atrophying
deteriorating
flagging
giving way
in remission
melting away
slumping
weakening
collapsing
crumbling
degenerating
disintegrating
dying out
evaporating
in a slump
obsolescent
on the way out
vanishing
withering
evanescing
moribund
drawing to a close
in a state of deterioration
waning
fading
dying away
easing
dying down
dropping off
letting up
falling away
moderating
falling
dropping
lowering
tapering
disappearing
relenting
remitting
palling
ratcheting down
phasing down
draining away
de-escalating
coming to an end
easing off
reducing
fizzling out
growing less
trailing off
plummetting
plummeting
going downhill
wearing off
dying off
draining
dissipating
ceasing
decaying
ending
tempering
dying
shrivelling
UK
shriveling
US
running out
wasting away
going away
slackening off
becoming smaller
dropping away
growing smaller
becoming less
quelling
depleting
finishing
softening
stopping
passing
dispersing
closing
running low
slacking off
drying up
wearing away
calming down
growing dim
trailing
cooling off
toning down
fading out
checking
alleviating
settling
terminating
depreciating
wilting
going
clearing
slowing down
blurring
quietening
trailing away
coming to nothing
giving out
going down
blowing over
coming to a halt
passing away
mitigating
assuaging
allaying
lightening
dulling
halting
downscaling
devaluating
downsizing
relaxing
wearing down
tailing away
lapsing
plunging
dampening
calming
eroding
nosediving
melting
becoming weaker
breaking up
ceasing to exist
coming to a stop
easing up
settling down
becoming weak
rebating
curbing
quieting
wasting
dematerializing
lulling
retrograding
curtailing
concluding
elapsing
restraining
narrowing down
losing edge
expiring
discontinuing
languishing
relieving
mollifying
subduing
deadening
descending
depressing
fleeing
decrementing
quitting
flying
evanishing
determining
fizzling
dipping
falling through
slowing
slaking
denting
bating
dispelling
minifying
leaving off
withdrawing
clearing up
giving in
getting smaller
taking the sting out
taking the edge off
running its course
levelling off
knocking down
winding up
breaking off
dead-ending
winking out
quietening down
faltering
worsening
guttering
retiring
minimizing
US
slipping
regressing
closing out
taking a nosedive
pausing
falling short
stilling
thinning down
thinning out
phasing out
coming to a standstill
rotting
decimating
cooling
turning down
making less
paring down
minimising
UK
devolving
blunting
slacking
fainting
decelerating
unlaxing
palliating
chilling out
cooling it
sagging
abbreviating
going through the floor
retrenching
extenuating
making smaller
hitting the floor
losing intensity
losing strength
becoming extinct
diluting
releasing
cutting
vaporizing
US
breaking down
impairing
withering away
ceasing to be
vaporising
UK
thinning
disengaging
desisting
taming
growing weaker
clipping
getting less
taking the bite out
slacking up
cutting back
soft-pedalling
soft-pedaling
coming down
rolling back
giving up
losing its effectiveness
losing its effect
lifting
vanishing into thin air
quashing
departing
putting a lid on
numbing
becoming confused
becoming indistinct
becoming blurred
becoming shadowy
growing feeble
becoming vague
making faint
exhausting
slashing
finishing up
wearing out
having no more
sinking into oblivion
disappearing slowly
cutting down
modifying
running dry
petering
crashing
flopping
tumbling
diving
becoming lower
modulating
packing in
going dead
miscarrying
foundering
bombing
busting
going amiss
going awry
striking out
relapsing
losing
devaluing
tottering
skidding
buckling
dragging
cheapening
sloping
cratering
backsliding
hitting the dirt
bowing out
declining in price
tipping over
going into a tailspin
decreasing in value
taking a header
folding up
caving in
losing value
getting lower
going downwards
sliding
going to rack and ruin
going to the dogs
going to the pack
going down the tubes
going down the toilet
going to pot
hitting the skids
more ❯
“Some films
peter out
purely on lack of effort in developing the main storyline.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to make someone tired
tiring out
exhausting
tiring
bankrupting
conking out
crippling
debilitating
disabling
doing in
draining
drawing
enervating
enfeebling
fatiguing
frazzling
impoverishing
overdoing
overexerting
overextending
overfatiguing
overtiring
overworking
pooping
pooping out
prostrating
running ragged
sapping
sucking dry
taking it out of
tuckering
using up
weakening
wearing down
wearing out
wearying
knocking out
wearing
busting
killing
knackering
bushing
shattering
tuckering out
breaking
outwearing
harassing
overtaxing
flagging
jading
depleting
whacking
fizzling
languishing
succumbing
washing out
doing up
wearing to a frazzle
taxing
sinking
drooping
bedraggling
dropping
sagging
draining of energy
shagging out
making sleepy
making weary
wearing on
taking
boring
rooting
wearing yourself out
running into the ground
tiring yourself out
wearing oneself to a shadow
wiping out
making tired
wearing oneself to a frazzle
nearly killing
putting to sleep
incapacitating
growing weary
going stale
folding
overburdening
overstraining
becoming fatigued
collapsing
failing
yawning
growing tired
fainting
getting tired
becoming tired
bonking
hitting the wall
devitalizing
etiolating
softening
wasting
indisposing
undermining
torpefying
making weak
making feeble
laying low
immobilizing
US
paralysing
UK
paralyzing
US
immobilising
UK
impairing
emasculating
sapping your strength
putting out of action
straining
handicapping
reducing
diminishing
vitiating
attenuating
eviscerating
rendering infirm
sapping the strength of
unnerving
blunting
exasperating
sickening
disempowering
burdening
disembowelling
UK
exenterating
destroying
disemboweling
US
plaguing
drowsing
getting the better of
oppressing
weighing
paining
fading
glutting
extenuating
hampering
encumbering
hindering
marring
injuring
hurting
harming
causing ennui
unstrengthening
atrophying
running out of steam
stressing out
becoming drained
becoming exhausted
breaking down
running down
withering
confining to a wheelchair
confining to bed
shrivelling
UK
emaciating
shriveling
US
making feebler
removing the sting from
reducing the powers of
depriving of force
shrinking
consuming
gnawing
corroding
hamstringing
ruining
disarming
depressing
wrecking
overthrowing
mowing
defeating
eating away
making powerless
making helpless
making impotent
bringing someone to their knees
bringing low
more ❯
Verb
▲
(
of an event, action, or process
)
Present participle for to come to an end or cease to occur
stopping
ceasing
ending
finishing
coming to an end
coming to a stop
concluding
drawing to a close
terminating
closing
pausing
coming to a close
coming to a halt
coming to a standstill
completing
winding up
breaking off
closing out
coming to rest
culminating
desisting
discontinuing
drawing to a halt
fading away
finishing off
halting
stopping dead
winding down
wrapping up
closing down
collapsing
cooling it
cutting short
dying
dying away
dying down
dying out
elapsing
ending up
expiring
fizzling out
getting done
letting up
packing it in
passing
reaching a standstill
running its course
running out
shutting down
stopping in your tracks
holding
standing
running down
bringing to an end
axing
dissolving
rounding off
lapsing
determining
rounding out
breaking up
dead-ending
putting an end to
dropping
canceling
US
cancelling
UK
pulling the plug on
quitting
aborting
abolishing
annulling
cutting off
putting a stop to
leaving off
calling off
winking out
sewing up
bringing to a close
belaying
scrubbing
wrapping
scratching
eliminating
extinguishing
putting paid to
adjourning
consummating
putting the lid on
laying off
topping off
calling a halt to
bringing to a conclusion
bringing to an untimely end
going
rounding up
suspending
capping
recessing
clearing
proroguing
cutting loose
buttoning down
putting a lid on
buttoning up
folding up
resolving
breaking
scrapping
sundering
relinquishing
interrupting
settling
crowning
cutting out
giving up
knocking off
switching off
packing up
desisting from
packing in
shutting off
disposing of
pulling the plug
calling it a day
giving over
giving the chop
knocking something on the head
nipping in the bud
getting shut of
getting shot of
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to become extinct
dying out
disappearing
perishing
vanishing
becoming extinct
dwindling
expiring
becoming rarer
ceasing to be
ceasing to exist
dying off
passing away
passing on
becoming less common
passing into oblivion
fading away
ending
dying
ceasing
fading
coming to an end
evaporating
dissolving
going south
melting away
ceasing to be known
coming to naught
becoming obsolete
leaving no trace
disappearing from the face of the earth
withering away
fizzling out
passing
dying away
Verb
▲
Present participle for to decrease in amount or degree
reducing
lessening
lowering
decreasing
diminishing
minimising
UK
minimizing
US
tapering
depleting
easing
curtailing
cutting
limiting
moderating
lightening
mitigating
scaling down
cutting back
cutting down
quelling
abating
alleviating
curbing
dialing down
downscaling
tempering
axing
dropping
paring
rolling back
slashing
toning down
winding down
attenuating
bringing down
clipping
couching
declining
decrementing
de-escalating
denting
relaxing
restraining
tapering off
waning
casting down
degrading
depressing
devaluating
downgrading
dropping off
drying up
dwindling
easing off
ebbing
eroding
extenuating
making cutbacks in
marking down
minifying
restricting
sinking
slackening
slowing down
tailing off
taking down
trimming
trimming back
trimming down
whittling
amortising
UK
amortizing
US
diluting
impairing
making less
making smaller
qualifying
stepping down
taking the edge off
tightening
weakening
running down
whittling down
depreciating
dampening
blunting
deadening
shrinking
allaying
subsiding
contracting
downsizing
palliating
muffling
damping
muting
softening
wearing down
subduing
cushioning
squelching
stifling
soothing
dulling
assuaging
abasing
wearing away
smothering
taking the bite out
taking the sting out
putting a damper on
paring down
narrowing
damping down
checking
suppressing
truncating
relieving
stilling
abridging
mollifying
tranquilizing
US
cooling
calming
placating
tranquillising
UK
soft-pedalling
soft-pedaling
knocking down
making less intense
putting damper on
shaving
putting the lid on
cutting back on
rounding down
pruning
discounting
rationing
shortening
turning down
cutting down on
making fewer
slimming down
slowing
decelerating
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to fail to discharge properly
misfiring
failing
miscarrying
falling through
going wrong
aborting
backfiring
boomeranging
falling flat
flopping
foundering
rebounding
blundering
exploding
fizzling
floundering
going amiss
going awry
going phut
missing
recoiling
slipping
coming to grief
falling short
breaking down
coming a cropper
coming to nothing
fizzling out
fizzing out
going pear-shaped
meeting with disaster
pooping out
biting the dust
going up in smoke
not coming off
failing to go off
Verb
▲
Present participle for to stop operating
dying
failing
stopping
halting
aborting
breaking
bombing
buckling
collapsing
crashing
floundering
folding
foundering
giving
stalling
tanking
yielding
cratering
crumpling
falling
fizzling
flatlining
flopping
flunking
breaking down
cutting out
giving out
conking out
ceasing to function
fizzling out
stopping working
fading away
fading out
falling flat
packing up
seizing up
flaming out
losing power
running down
biting the dust
caving in
coming unstuck
going belly-up
going kaput
going phut
running aground
giving up the ghost
stopping functioning
Verb
▲
Present participle for to hinder or impede the progress or movement of
stalling
hindering
impeding
curbing
obstructing
hampering
thwarting
inhibiting
restricting
restraining
blocking
retarding
frustrating
stymieing
trammelling
trammeling
fettering
forestalling
slowing
encumbering
shackling
derailing
limiting
balking
US
baulking
UK
hamstringing
interrupting
stonewalling
bridling
shelving
borking
sabotaging
suspending
holding back
interfering with
slowing down
putting off
standing in the way of
standing off
Noun
▲
Reduction or decrease
lessening
decline
decrease
reduction
contraction
diminution
dwindling
ebbing
erosion
shrinkage
waning
weakening
let-up
moderation
slackening
abatement
curtailment
de-escalation
minimization
slowing down
deduction
detraction
discount
subtraction
taking away
easing
diminishing
subsiding
ebb
wane
dying away
dying down
dying out
sinking
slowing
fading
fade
attenuation
relaxation
easing off
tailing off
cooling off
tapering off
relenting
fall
diminishment
falloff
drop
dropping away
dropping off
deterioration
recession
degeneration
decay
depreciation
subsidence
flagging
fading away
mitigation
alleviation
relief
assuagement
softening
lightening
remission
palliation
tempering
dulling
allaying
soothing
mollification
deadening
quelling
appeasement
modification
extenuation
easement
cushioning
qualification
dilution
thinning
rest
comfort
ease
lowering
amelioration
cutback
palliative
letup
slaking
cure
remedy
decreasing
reducing
improvement
restriction
blunting
retardation
reprieve
lapse
interval
break
cessation
respite
pause
recess
lull
loosening
allayment
balm
offsetting
rarefication
release
downtick
alleviating
impoverishment
exhaustion
depletion
devitalization
weakness
enfeeblement
debilitation
receding
letting up
quenching
comforting
mitigating
relieving
assuaging
salving
taking the edge off
watering down
absorption
soaking up
discounting
shrinking
downsizing
contracting
tightening
narrowing
shortening
cutting down
marking down
paring down
tapering
pacification
placation
modulation
calming
damping
stilling
more ❯
Noun
▲
The process of something ceasing to exist or coming to an end
disappearance
death
dying
ending
expiry
extinction
decline
disintegration
perishing
passing away
dying out
falling off
fizzling out
passing into oblivion
withering away
coming to an end
ceasing to exist
decline and fall
Adjective
▲
Diminishing in level or extent
gradually reducing
contracting
decreasing
diminishing
lessening
shrinking
tapering
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