iemand het zwijgen opleggen adj (tending to make someone feel small)
overweldigend adj (tending to destroy, devastate, overwhelm or cause complete destruction)
verbleken adj (diminishing rapidly)
verleppen adj (diminishing rapidly)

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kuihtuva adj (diminishing rapidly)
murskaava adj (tending to destroy, devastate, overwhelm or cause complete destruction)
musertava adj (tending to destroy, devastate, overwhelm or cause complete destruction)
vähättelevä adj (tending to make someone feel small)

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alleszerstörend adj (tending to destroy, devastate, overwhelm or cause complete destruction)
dahinschwindend adj (diminishing rapidly)
schwindend adj (diminishing rapidly)
vernichtend adj (tending to destroy, devastate, overwhelm or cause complete destruction)

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Tom finished with a withering burst and won the race by the smallest of margins.

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He turns a withering glance to her.

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His book's onetime ghostwriter now offers a withering critique: "Tom has the attention span and the knowledge base of a hyperactive nine-year-old."

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The flowers are withering.

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