SUBSIDED Synonyms: 78 Similar and Opposite Words

subsided

verb

past tense of subside

as in decreased

to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually as the noise of the siren subsided, I was able to fall back to sleep

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Recent Examples of subsided But within a couple years, as the pandemic eased and community-police tension subsided, Bolingbrook Police Chief Mike Rompa started using his village purchasing card – known as a p-card – in a different way than others with the same cards. — Irika Sargent, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026 Meanwhile, conditions were improving in the tourist destination of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, where residents began resuming normal activities as the rain subsided. — ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026 The initial frenzy aboard the Dana Pride after Freeman’s success subsided quickly. — Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026 Less than a day after that subsided, a second eruption followed. — John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 9 Oct. 2026 International outrage over the carnage in Gaza, meanwhile, has largely subsided, with many countries preferring a failing peace process to none at all. — Khaled Elgindy, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2026 Although still dealing with the aftermath of government funds flooding the economy AFTER the pandemic subsided, folks are still working and accumulating wealth — or blowing their paycheck — depending on one’s view of current income. — Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 6 Oct. 2026 But her worries subsided on the day of, after seeing Hunnam rigged up and spewing. — Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Sep. 2026 The heaviest fighting between Israel and Hamas has subsided since a ceasefire last October, but Israeli fire has killed more than 1,360 Palestinians in Gaza, according to health officials in the territory. — Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2026

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Now the prevalence of malaria is around 7%, and deaths of children under five decreased by 78%.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026
The definitive study of feedback, Avraham Kluger and Angelo DeNisi’s meta-analysis of 23,663 observations, found that over a third of feedback interventions decreased performance.

— Zaharia-Gabriel Sidere, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of decreased

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The weather service canceled the flood watch for nearly all the Kansas City forecast area because the threat of additional heavy rain had diminished.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 14 Oct. 2026
One can see this when a paint’s color appears diminished and faded.

— Wendy S. Walters, Architectural Digest, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of diminished

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Griess, the superintendent of the National Mall and Memorial Parks, said the 430 trees that were felled were not identified as hazardous or raising safety concerns.

— Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026
Yet trees that took a millennium to grow can be felled in under an hour.

— Annika Hammerschlag, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of fell

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But within a couple years, as the pandemic eased and community-police tension subsided, Bolingbrook Police Chief Mike Rompa started using his village purchasing card – known as a p-card – in a different way than others with the same cards.

— Irika Sargent, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
Values in both markets rose when fighting started at the end of February, eased in June when talks were being held, and increased again after fighting resumed in July.

— SJ Guest Editorial, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of eased

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Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, vanished 22,000 miles into their expedition.

— Lana Zak, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
There, researchers have just announced that AI may help hasten the return of the extinct dodo, with the flightless bird, which vanished from the world more than 350 years ago, likely walking among us again sometime in the early 2030s.

— Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of vanished

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But once the dominant slices of the emissions pie have shrunk, other categories with less potential to reduce emissions become important.

— Scott K. Johnson, ArsTechnica, 19 Oct. 2026
As transistors shrank and chips grew denser, the process called for greater precision.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026

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