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drain away
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of DRAIN
to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually <as the city lost population, its political influence drained away>
Synonyms abate, decline, de-escalate, die (away or down or out), diminish, drain (away), drop (off), dwindle, ease, ebb, fall, fall away, lessen, let up, lower, moderate, pall, phase down, ratchet (down) also rachet (down), recede, relent, remit, shrink, subside, taper, taper off, wane
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