slacken
IPA: sɫˈækʌn
verb
- (intransitive) To gradually decrease in intensity or tautness; to become slack.
- (transitive) To make slack, less taut, or less intense.
- To deprive of cohesion by combining chemically with water; to slake.
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Examples of "slacken" in Sentences
- The fire from the fort slackened.
- Their military discipline is relaxed and slackened.
- The unidentified warship did not even slacken speed.
- His energetic defense of his imposture began to slacken.
- Shall we slacken our zeal for the cause of our Lord and King
- After twenty two years, the Hegelian influence began to slacken.
- He expected a drop in British morale, and their advance to slacken.
- Lucy's efforts to find the true religion did not slacken in Palmyra.
- The following morning, the winds began to slacken and the sea to abate.
- Their work did not slacken after the end of the Luftwaffe's bombing raids.
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