Definitions

peter

[pee-ter] / ˈpi tər /

VERB

decrease

Synonyms

STRONG

check contract curb decay decline degenerate drain droop drop ease ebb fade lower quiet rebate settle shrink sink slash slump taper wane waste

WEAK

abate calm down crumble curtail cut down depreciate deteriorate devaluate die down diminish drop off dry up dwindle evaporate fall off lessen let up lighten lose edge modify narrow down peter out quell reduce restrain run low shrivel slack off slacken slow down soften subside tail away tail off weaken wear away wear down wither

Antonyms

STRONG

aid ascend assist build develop enlarge expand go up grow help improve increase pour raise rise strengthen stretch

Example Sentences

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And billionaire Peter Thiel disclosed on Dec. 31 that he has opened a new office in Miami, in a state that not only has no wealth tax but no income tax.

From Los Angeles Times

A 2026 launch “would be a low-probability shot and somewhat of a distraction,” Musk told External link entrepreneur Peter Diamandis in a podcast External link published this week.

From Barron's

What is magical about Ms. Olczak-Ronikier’s memoir is that it is “not a horror story,” to quote from the preface by Peter Osnos, the veteran American publisher and journalist who is, as it happens, the author’s cousin: Their grandmothers were sisters.

From The Wall Street Journal

“It would be a low-probability shot and somewhat of a distraction,” Musk told entrepreneur Peter Diamandis in a podcast recorded in late December and published this week.

From MarketWatch

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