Related Words for tapering off

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decreasing
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Noun, Verb
dwindling
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
tapering
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Adjective, Noun
taper off
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Phrase, Verb
gradual
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Adjective
diminishing
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Verb
winding down
/x/
Phrase
diminishing returns
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Phrase, Noun
diminution
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Noun
cut back
//
Phrase, Verb
withdrawal
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Noun
abating
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Verb
withdrawing
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Verb
thinning
/x
Noun
cutting off
/x/
Phrase, Noun
gradualism
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Noun
subsiding
x/x
Verb
whittle down
/x/
Phrase, Verb
shrinking
/x
Noun
tapped out
//
Phrase, Adjective
discontinuation
xxxx/x
Noun
slackening
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Noun
tapping
/x
Noun
ceasing
/x
Verb
discontinuance
xx/xx
Noun
phaseout
/x
Noun
slowing
/x
Verb
ease off
//
Phrase, Verb
incremental
xx/x
Adjective
stepping down
/x/
Phrase, Noun
dissipating
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Verb
cutting out
/x/
Phrase, Noun
progressively
x/xx
Adverb
declining
x/x
Verb
downregulation
/xx/x
Noun
whittle away
/xx/
Phrase, Verb
fade away
/xx
Phrase, Verb, Noun
relinquishing
x/xx
Verb
stopping
/x
Verb
decelerate
x/xx
Verb
terminating
/xxx
Verb
cutback
/x
Noun
attenuating
x/xxx
Noun
cap off
/x
Phrase, Verb
throttling
/xx
Noun
drying up
/x/
Phrase, Noun
blunting
/x
Noun
desistance
x/x
Noun
toned down
/x
Phrase
wind down
//
Phrase, Verb
lessening
/xx
Noun
maturing
x/x
Verb
ending
/x
Noun
turn down
//
Phrase, Verb
quitting
/x
Verb
evaporating
x/xxx
Verb
titrate
/x
Adverb
descending
x/x
Verb
trail off
//
Phrase, Verb
lowering
/xx
Verb
culminating
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Verb
tone down
/x
Phrase, Verb
wear off
//
Phrase, Verb
weaning
/x
Noun
shrinkage
/x
Noun
abducted
x/x
Adjective
about
x/
Adverb, Adjective
acuminate
x/xx
Verb, Adjective
against
x/
Adjective
along
x/
Adverb
angulation
/x/x
Noun
antler
/x
Noun
apart
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
apical
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Adjective, Noun
arching
/x
Noun, Adjective
ascent
x/
Noun
aside
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
askew
x/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
away
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb
back
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
before
x/
Adverb
bend
/
Noun, Verb
beside
x/
Adverb
beveled
/x
Adjective
beyond
x/
Adverb, Noun
bowing
/x
Noun
branching
/x
Noun
break
/
Verb, Noun
breakout
/x
Noun, Adjective
bristle
/x
Noun, Verb
broad
/
Adjective, Noun
bulging
/x
Noun
bumpy
/x
Adjective
busiest
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Adjective
cancel
/x
Verb, Noun
chili
/x
Noun
coasts
/
Noun
colder
/x
Adjective, Noun
concavity
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Noun
cooler
/x
Noun
coward
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
cruciform
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Noun, Adjective
curving
/x
Noun, Adjective
cut
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
cutoff
/x
Noun, Adjective
dampened
/x
Verb, Adjective
dark
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
deactivate
x/xx
Verb
deduction
x/x
Noun
defuse
x/
Verb
departure
x/x
Noun
deselect
xx/
Verb
difficult
/xx
Adjective, Verb
dip
/
Noun, Verb
disable
x/x
Verb, Adjective
disconnect
xx/
Noun, Verb
disconnection
xx/x
Noun
discount
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
disengagement
xx/x
Noun
down
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
driest
/x
Adjective, Noun
drop
/
Noun, Verb
elevated
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
elsewhere
/x
Adverb, Noun
everything
/xx
Noun
excluding
x/x
Verb
extension
x/x
Noun
exterior
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
external
x/x
Adjective, Noun
extinct
x/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
extinction
x/x
Noun
extinguished
x/x
Adjective
fall
/
Verb, Noun
far
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
fermentation
xx/x
Noun
fixed
/
Adjective
flared
/
Adjective
flattening
/xx
Noun
fluted
/x
Adjective
folding
/x
Adjective, Noun
for
/
Noun
forked
/
Adjective
forth
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
free
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
freeze
/
Noun, Verb
from
/
Verb
gone
/
Adjective
gradation
x/x
Noun, Verb
hardening
/xx
Noun
her
x
Noun
hit
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
idle
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
inactivate
x/xx
Verb
inactive
x/x
Adjective, Noun
inoperative
x/xxx
Adjective
judgement
/x
Noun
judgment
/x
Noun
jump
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb, Adjective
large
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
latter
/x
Adjective
leave
/
Verb, Noun
less
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
liminal
/xx
Adjective
lopsided
//x
Adjective
lost
/
Adjective
muffled
/x
Adjective
mute
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
narrow
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
near
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
not
/
Adverb, Noun
notched
/
Adjective
obtuse
x/
Adjective, Verb
off duty
//x
Phrase
offline
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
offs
/
Noun
offshore
//
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
oft
/
Adverb, Noun
on
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
open
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
opponent
x/x
Noun, Adjective
opposite
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
out
/
Adverb, Noun, Verb, Adjective
outdoor
/x
Adjective, Verb
outside
//
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
over
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
particular
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
passing
/x
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
peak
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
pentagonal
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
pick
/
Verb, Noun
pointed
/x
Adjective
put
/
Verb, Noun
quiescent
x/x
Adjective
recurved
x/
Adjective
remotely
x/x
Adverb
remove
x/
Verb, Noun
reset
x/
Verb, Noun
rest
/
Noun, Verb
rounded
/x
Adjective
run
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
save
/
Verb, Noun
seaward
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
serrated
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Adjective
short
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
shutdown
/x
Noun
sleep
/
Noun, Verb
slender
/x
Adjective
sluggish
/x
Adjective
sour
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
spoiled
/
Adjective
stabilize
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Verb
starting
/x
Noun
stationary
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Adjective, Noun
termination
xx/x
Noun