The US can't decelerate China's rise.
Source: tatoeba (11040768)
Decelerate
Synonyms for "decelerate" (59 found)
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46 translations across 16 languages.
Arabic
3 entries- أبْطَأ verb (reduce the velocity of something)
- تَبَاطَأ verb (reduce the velocity of something)
- تَبَاطَأ verb (to go slower)
Bulgarian
3 entries- забавям verb (to go slower)
- намалявам скоростта verb (reduce the velocity of something)
- намалявам скоростта verb (reduce the rate of advancement of something)
Catalan
4 entries- desaccelerar verb (reduce the velocity of something)
- desaccelerar verb (reduce the rate of advancement of something)
- descelerar verb (reduce the velocity of something)
- descelerar verb (reduce the rate of advancement of something)
Czech
1 entries- zpomalit verb (to go slower)
Finnish
4 entries- hidastaa verb (reduce the velocity of something)
- hidastaa verb (reduce the rate of advancement of something)
- hidastua verb (to go slower)
- hiljentää vauhtia verb (reduce the velocity of something)
French
4 entries- décélérer verb (reduce the velocity of something)
- décélérer verb (to go slower)
- ralentir verb (reduce the velocity of something)
- ralentir verb (to go slower)
Hungarian
4 entries- lassul verb (to go slower)
- lassít verb (reduce the velocity of something)
- lelassul verb (to go slower)
- lelassít verb (reduce the velocity of something)
Italian
2 entries- decelerare verb (reduce the velocity of something)
- decelerare verb (to go slower)
Latin
2 entries- retardare verb (reduce the velocity of something)
- retardare verb (reduce the rate of advancement of something)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- desacceleréieren verb (reduce the velocity of something)
Māori
2 entries- whakapōturi verb (reduce the velocity of something)
- whakapūhoi verb (to go slower)
Romanian
4 entries- decelera verb (to go slower)
- încetini verb (reduce the velocity of something)
- încetini verb (reduce the rate of advancement of something)
- încetini verb (to go slower)
Russian
4 entries- заме́длить verb (reduce the velocity of something)
- заме́длиться verb (to go slower)
- замедля́ть verb (reduce the velocity of something)
- замедля́ться verb (to go slower)
Spanish
3 entries- decelerar verb (reduce the velocity of something)
- desacelerar verb (reduce the velocity of something)
- desacelerar verb (to go slower)
Tagalog
1 entries- hidarasigin verb (reduce the velocity of something)
Ukrainian
4 entries- спові́льнити verb (reduce the velocity of something)
- спові́льнитися verb (to go slower)
- спові́льнювати verb (reduce the velocity of something)
- спові́льнюватися verb (to go slower)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
Damiano tried the decelerate the ship.
Source: tatoeba (11694445)
In May, for example, the Illinois Central RR. introduced the long-expected streamline version of the Panama Limited, with diesel haulage, cutting the time over the 921 miles between Chicago and New Orleans by 2hr. to 18hr. each way—the fastest on record—but decelerated other trains over the same route.
Source: wiktionary
The S.D.R. [Somerset & Dorset Railway] could not adhere to this schedule, and had to decelerate the service, but the original timings were restored when the M.R. and L.S.W.R. leased the S.D.R.
Source: wiktionary
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