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taper
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of TAPER
to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually <you'll find the symptoms begin tapering gradually about 24 hours after you take the medicine>
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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