| Main Entry: | cull |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pick out for reason |
Synonyms: |
choose, discriminate, elect, extract, glean, mark, opt for, optate, pluck, prefer, select, sift, single out, take, thin, thin out, winnow |
| Main Entry: | disband |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | break up |
Synonyms: |
demobilize, destroy, disperse, dissolve, fold, scatter, separate, thin out |
| Main Entry: | taper/taper off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | decrease to a point |
Synonyms: |
abate, bate, close, come to a point, die away, die out, diminish, drain, dwindle, fade, lessen, narrow, recede, reduce, rescind, subside, thin, thin out, wane, weaken, wind down |
Antonyms: |
go up, increase, rise |
| Main Entry: | weaken |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reduce the strength of |
Synonyms: |
abate, adulterate, break up, cripple, crumble, cut, debase, debilitate, decline, decrease, depress, devitalize, dilute, diminish, droop, dwindle, ease up, enervate, exhaust, fade, fail, faint, flag, give way, halt, impair, impoverish, invalidate, languish, lessen, limp, lose, lose spirit, lower, minimize, mitigate, moderate, reduce, relapse, relax, sap, slow down, soften, temper, thin, thin out, tire, totter, tremble, undermine, vitiate, wane, water down, wilt |
Antonyms: |
build up, strengthen |
| Main Entry: | taper |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | decrease |
Synonyms: |
abate, bate, close, die away, die out, diminish, drain, dwindle, fade, lessen, narrow, recede, reduce, rescind, subside, taper off, thin, thin out, wane, weaken, wind down |
Antonyms: |
go up, increase, rise |