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dry up
verb as in decrease
Strongest matches
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verb as in dehydrate
verb as in deplete
verb as in desiccate
verb as in mummify
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verb as in muzzle
verb as in parch
verb as in peter out
verb as in quieten
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verb as in run out
verb as in sear
verb as in shush
Strong matches
verb as in shut up
verb as in silence
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verb as in stifle
Strong matches
verb as in wilt
Example Sentences
An influx of foreign workers had ameliorated the problem somewhat, but that has now dried up.
People are drinking less, especially younger drinkers, and tariffs have caused the biggest foreign market for U.S. wine—Canada—to dry up overnight.
The question is whether the money to fund the ambitions of the foremost companies in the sector may be drying up.
More ominously, hiring has dried up and employment might even be shrinking.
There’s always a danger that companies will over-automate, a trap that has sent many a firm into bankruptcy when recession kicked in, demand dried up and equipment weighed on balance sheets.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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