Decelerate

Synonyms for "decelerate" (75 found)

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coolcool offcurbcurtaildelaydetainease upenjoingovernguardhang uphinderholdhold backhold fasthold upimpedeinhibit
Verb(5 words)
dampen the spreaddeceleratingdecrease rotationdecrease speedease off

Related words (37)

keepkeep backkeep fromlet downlet uplose groundmiremoderateobstructprohibitpullpull inreefreinrelaxrestrainretrenchset backslackensnub
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Verb(8 words)
moderate the pacereduce speedretardslackenslow the growthslow upslowedslows
Noun(3 words)
retardsslowingslowing growth
Adjective(2 words)
slower paceslower track

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brakingdrag decelerationengine brakingslowing

Collocations

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decelerate quicklydecelerate smoothlydecelerate the cargradual decelerationrate of deceleration

Inflections

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Derivations

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Antonyms

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Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The US can't decelerate China's rise.

Source: tatoeba (11040768)

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.

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