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to cause to move or proceed at a less rapid pace
- she decelerated the car as we entered the school zone
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“Decelerate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decelerate. Accessed 16 Oct. 2021.
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The first known use of decelerate was in 1899
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