SLOWED (DOWN) Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

slowed (down)

verb

past tense of slow (down)

as in died (down)

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Airstrikes have weakened the regime militarily but strengthened its standing internally.

— Nate Swanson, Foreign Affairs, 25 Aug. 2026
That mechanism has weakened substantially since the global financial crisis, and particularly since 2020.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of weakened

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Friday night weather The ferociously high winds that moved through the region Thursday have since slackened, but breezy conditions will linger through the weekend.

— Matthew Villafane, CBS News, 19 June 2026
Pumping in recent years has slackened to an average of 705,000 acre-feet.

— Allen Best, Denver Post, 14 June 2026

Definition of slackened

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Most vessels were flagged from Panama (7) and Liberia (6), with none from the United States.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
This way, statistical confidence gets flagged earlier, so decisions don't wait on an arbitrary deadline, and underperforming variants get phased out automatically instead of running to completion for no reason.

— Karan Sharma, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

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Rincker, a German immigrant, was known for casting the bell that hung from the first Cook County Courthouse, which was felled by the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.

— Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
Frightened that she may be plagued by the same mental illness that felled her mom, Gemma stubbornly refuses to believe anything is wrong.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of fell

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The conditions were wet and and slippery at first, but the rain appears to have tapered off now.

— NBC News, NBC news, 28 June 2026
And several of the unflattering stats have tapered off a ton this last year, including sacks taken (27 in 2025, down from 62 in 2023).

— Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 24 June 2026

Definition of tapered off

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