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What is another word for Petering?

Pronunciation: [pˈiːtəɹɪŋ] (IPA)

Petering is an informal term used to describe an action that gradually decreases in intensity or becomes less effective over time. There are several synonyms that can be used to describe this process, including waning, dwindling, fading, tapering off, subsiding, and dying down. These words all convey the idea of something slowly losing its strength or impact. Other similar terms include petering out, fizzling out, ebbing away, and losing steam. Whether you are describing the end of a relationship, the completion of a project, or the decline of a trend, these synonyms provide a range of options to convey the gradual decrease in activity or energy over time.
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A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Petering

One of those tunnel dwellings, the light from the front room and kitchen gradually Petering out into a middle room of almost absolute darkness.
"Star-Dust A Story of an American Girl"
Fannie Hurst
As the last flickerings of the blaze subsided and the yellow fragments turned to gray, then black, it seemed to Tom as if this fire symbolized the Petering out of that pleasant comradeship, now so close at hand.
"Tom Slade at Black Lake"
Percy Keese Fitzhugh
But the bank saw the land-boom was Petering out.
"The Prairie Mother"
Arthur Stringer

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