fall
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Sense: Noun: decrease
Synonyms:
decrease Collocations, decline Collocations, drop Collocations, slide Collocations, downturn Collocations, slump Collocations, dip Collocations, dwindling, descent Collocations, drop-off, dive Collocations, nosedive, plunge Collocations, shrinkage Collocations, reduction Collocations, dent Collocations
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Sense: Noun: physical descent
Synonyms:
descent Collocations, drop Collocations, plunge Collocations, dive Collocations, nosedive, dip Collocations
Sense: Noun: tumble
Synonyms:
tumble Collocations, spill Collocations, header Collocations , stumble Collocations, slip Collocations
Sense: Noun: demise
Synonyms:
demise Collocations, downfall Collocations, decline Collocations, descent Collocations, death Collocations
Sense: Noun: drop or slope
Synonyms:
drop Collocations, decline Collocations, dip Collocations, descent Collocations, downgrade, slope Collocations
Sense: Noun: waterfall - usually plural
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Sense: Verb: decrease
Synonyms:
decrease Collocations, diminish Collocations, dwindle Collocations, lessen, go down, decline Collocations, slump Collocations, shrink Collocations, plunge Collocations, plummet Collocations, fall off, subside Collocations, ebb Collocations, wane Collocations, let up, taper off, relent
Sense: Verb: drop physically
Synonyms:
drop Collocations, sink Collocations, descend, plunge Collocations, plummet Collocations, tumble Collocations, lower Collocations, dive Collocations, nosedive, take a dive, take a nosedive
Antonyms:
get up, stand up, fly upwards, soar upwards, ascend, lift Collocations, rise Collocations, soar Collocations, increase Collocations, improve Collocations, surge Collocations, grow Collocations
Sense: Verb: fall to the ground - often followed by 'over'
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fall down, tumble Collocations, collapse , go head over heels, fall head over heels, fall headlong, take a spill , take a header , take a tumble, stumble Collocations, slip Collocations, trip Collocations, trip over, topple, topple over, tip over
Sense: Verb: surrender
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Sense: Verb: be overthrown
Synonyms:
be overthrown, be taken, pass into enemy hands, pass into the hands of the enemy
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endure Collocations, resist Collocations, defend Collocations, protect Collocations, fortify, reinforce Collocations
Sense: Verb: die, esp. in battle
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die Collocations, pass on , pass away , pass Collocations , perish, kick the bucket , bite the dust , meet your end , meet your Maker , croak , check out , drop Collocations , flatline, give up the ghost , succumb
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Sense: Verb: transgress - literary
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transgress, sin Collocations, commit a sin, err, offend, wander Collocations, stray Collocations, be a sinner, fall from grace
Sense: Verb: become - followed by sick, quiet, etc.
Synonyms:
become Collocations, grow Collocations, get Collocations, turn Collocations, go Collocations, end up