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What is another word for reducing speed?

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Verb
Present participle for to reduce the rate or velocity of something
slowing
decelerating
braking
going slower
slacking off
putting the brakes on
slowing down
retarding
slackening
slowing up
slacking up
easing up
losing speed
hitting the brakes
slamming on the anchors
slackening off
losing pace
letting up
putting on the brakes
slamming on the brakes
restraining
impeding
inhibiting
curbing
obstructing
hampering
hindering
delaying
checking
interrupting
repressing
choking
holding back
interfering with
keeping back
putting a brake on
suppressing
restricting
trammelling
trammeling
stalling
arresting
detaining
hamstringing
fettering
encumbering
thwarting
clogging
postponing
cumbering
barring
retardating
foiling
crimping
controlling
deferring
preventing
pausing
frustrating
blocking
withholding
holding up
setting back
holding
bogging down
shutting down
standing in the way of
putting back
bringing to screeching halt
closing off
throwing a spanner in the works
throwing a monkey wrench in the works of
taking down
backing off
shutting off
choking off
stymieing
derailing
halting
protracting
cramping
hobbling
crippling
stopping
shelving
shackling
deterring
remitting
proroguing
slacking
hog-tying
holding over
handcuffing
getting in the way of
holding off on
staving off
intermitting
prolonging
making late
putting off
confining
damming
getting slower
becoming slower
reducing in speed
making slower
stemming
limiting
stifling
neutralizingUS
bridling
reining
containing
constraining
terminating
smothering
swallowing
muffling
squelching
cutting short
reducing
bottlenecking
counteracting
fighting back
staunching
moderating
governing
bottling up
taming
putting a spoke in someone's wheel
discouraging
pulling in
repulsing
choking back
holding in
keeping under control
circumventing
nipping in the bud
checkmating
slackening pace
keeping a lid on
stemming the flow of
keeping in check
playing for time
holding down
biting back
regulating
reining in
bringing to a standstill
rebuffing
neutralisingUK
handicapping
staying
balkingUS
baffling
lessening
miring
bogging
baulkingUK
hanging up
“The use of a chicane is a well-established method of reducing speed during a Grand Prix, familiar to drivers.”
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