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ratchets (down)

verb , present tense third-person singular of ratchet (down)

variants: also rachets (down)

Synonyms and Antonyms of ratchets (down)

to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually

news stories about the kidnapping will ratchet down as the weeks go by

Synonyms of ratchets (down)

abates, declines, decreases, de-escalates, dies (away or down or out), diminishes, drains (away), drops (off), dwindles, eases, ebbs, falls, falls away, lessens, lets up, lowers, moderates, palls, phases down, recedes, relents, remits, shrinks, subsides, tapers, tapers off, wanes

Words Related to ratchets (down)

compresses, condenses, constricts, contracts

evaporates, fades (away), fritters (away), gives out, melts (away), peters (out), tails (off), vanishes

slackens, slows (down)

alleviates, relaxes

flags, sinks, weakens

caves (in), collapses, deflates

Near Antonyms of ratchets (down)

appears, emerges, shows up

blows up, distends, elongates, lengthens

Antonyms of ratchets (down)

accumulates, balloons, builds, burgeons (also bourgeons), enlarges, escalates, expands, grows, increases, intensifies, mounts, mushrooms, picks up, rises, snowballs, soars, swells, waxes

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