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ease off
verb as in catch one's breath
verb as in die
Strong matches
verb as in ebb
verb as in let up
verb as in loose/loosen
Weak matches
- alleviate
- become unfastened
- break up
- deliver
- detach
- discharge
- disconnect
- disengage
- disenthrall
- disjoin
- ease
- emancipate
- extricate
- free
- let go
- let out
- liberate
- manumit
- mitigate
- relax
- release
- separate
- slacken
- unbar
- unbolt
- unbuckle
- unbutton
- unchain
- unclasp
- undo
- unfasten
- unfix
- unhitch
- unhook
- unlace
- unlash
- unlatch
- unleash
- unlock
- unloose
- unpin
- unscrew
- unsnap
- unstick
- unstrap
- untie
- untighten
- work free
- work loose
verb as in loosen
Strong matches
verb as in moderate
Strongest matches
Strong matches
Weak matches
verb as in relax
verb as in relax
verb as in relent
Strongest matches
verb as in rest
Strong matches
verb as in slack/slacken
verb as in slow
Strongest matches
verb as in subside
verb as in unwind
Strongest matches
Example Sentences
At the outset of the trip, Mr Barber said he was hoping that avian flu had "eased off", after a "quite disastrous" impact on the swan population.
While the storms are expected to occur for much of the day, they will ease off in the west from mid-afternoon.
At the same time central banks would ease off their buying spree, while other short-term pressures stimulating demand would subside, bringing prices down.
Doncic scored 21 points in the quarter, including nine in the first three minutes, to give the Lakers a lead that grew to 30 in the second half before they fully eased off the gas.
When we got close, McGinnis would call out which direction the shark was facing, and Lowe would ease off the throttle so we could quietly glide up behind the shark.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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