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[ noun ] a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)

Synonyms

wane ebb

Used in print

(L. Don Leet and Florence J. Leet, editors, The World of...)

After an earthquake in Japan in 1793 people on the coast at Tugaru were so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground .

Related terms

decline decline ebb

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