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die away

VERB
clear up
Synonyms
STRONGEST
die down improve
WEAK
become fair become sunny blow over brighten lapse lift pick up run its course
Antonyms
WEAK
complicate question worsen
VERB
dwindle
Synonyms
STRONGEST
abate decay decline decrease die down diminish drop ebb fade fall lessen peter out shrink shrivel sink subside wane weaken wither
STRONG
bate close contract drain pine taper
WEAK
become smaller die out grow less slack off
Antonyms
STRONGEST
ascend develop enhance enlarge expand extend go up grow improve increase prolong raise rise strengthen
WEAK
save swell
VERB
fade
Synonyms
STRONGEST
abate deteriorate dim diminish disappear dissolve ebb evaporate fail fall lessen melt peter out sink vanish wane weaken wilt wither
STRONG
attenuate clear decline deliquesce disperse droop etiolate evanesce flag fold hush languish moderate perish quiet rarefy shrivel taper thin tire
WEAK
die on vine evanish fag out melt away poop out slack off tucker out waste away
Antonyms
STRONGEST
appear bloom develop enlarge extend grow increase prolong rise solidify strengthen
STRONG
expand go up improve
WEAK
enhance recover
VERB
relent
Synonyms
STRONGEST
acquiesce capitulate cave in come around comply ease off give in give up let go quit relax slacken soften subside
STRONG
drop ease ebb fall fold forbear melt moderate slow wane weaken yield
WEAK
be merciful change one's mind cool it cry uncle ease up on give quarter give some slack give way go along with go easy on have mercy have pity lay back let it happen lighten up mellow out say uncle show mercy
Antonyms
STRONGEST
grow increase worry
STRONG
advance ascend continue free rise
WEAK
build
VERB
subside
Synonyms
STRONGEST
abate descend diminish dwindle ease ease off ebb melt peter out recede slacken wane
STRONG
collapse de-escalate decline drop fall lower lull moderate quieten settle sink taper
WEAK
cave in let up level off
Antonyms
STRONGEST
develop enlarge expand extend grow increase prolong rise
STRONG
ascend go up
VERB
taper
Synonyms
STRONGEST
abate dwindle lessen recede subside taper off
STRONG
bate close diminish drain fade narrow reduce rescind thin wane weaken
WEAK
die out thin out wind down
Antonyms
STRONGEST
enlarge extend grow increase rise
STRONG
expand raise strengthen
WEAK
go up
VERB
taper/taper off
Synonyms
WEAK
abate bate close come to a point die out diminish drain dwindle fade lessen narrow recede reduce rescind subside thin thin out wane weaken wind down
Antonyms
WEAK
go up increase rise
VERB
wane
Synonyms
STRONGEST
abate atrophy decrease die down die out dim dwindle ebb fade peter out shrink slacken subside taper off weaken wither
STRONG
decline drop fail fall moderate relent sink
WEAK
draw to a close ease off fade away fall short let up slack off waste away wind down
Antonyms
STRONGEST
brighten develop enhance enlarge expand extend grow increase rise strengthen
STRONG
ascend go up reach win
WEAK
raise

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Shouts of approval for Saldaña’s emotional rendition of “México Lindo y Querido,” the classic ranchera that asks the living to take the protagonist back to Mexico if he should die away from his home country.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2023

And because they are freighted with their own history of making and use, they can function like aromas that briefly unlock troves of private narrative, only to die away.

From Washington Post • Mar. 3, 2021

He presses play and rushes out, reappearing when the last notes die away.

From The Guardian • Feb. 22, 2019

Without an influx of new residents, he said, the town’s aging population might die away.

From New York Times • Nov. 3, 2018

They waited for the sound of his footsteps to die away around the town.

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli