decelerate
[dee-sel-uh-reyt]
verb (used with object), de·cel·er·at·ed, de·cel·er·at·ing.
to decrease the velocity of: He decelerates the bobsled when he nears a curve.
to slow the rate of increase of: efforts to decelerate inflation.
verb (used without object), de·cel·er·at·ed, de·cel·er·at·ing.
to slow down: The plane decelerated just before landing.
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Contemporary Examples of decelerate
But by the early 1980s, Gallant's fast-paced life began to decelerate.
Historical Examples of decelerate
"We'll start to decelerate in about ten minutes," O'Brine said.
Rip Foster in Ride the Gray PlanetHarold Leland Goodwin
They could decelerate it at a rate of fifteen gravities or more.
Space TugMurray Leinster
Copeland worked the jury-rigged controls of the jet, continuing to decelerate.
Comet's BurialRaymond Zinke Gallun
Its motor is designed to decelerate that mass by 1,075 mph in order to allow it to assume a descending orbit.
Far from HomeJ.A. Taylor
They went in fast, using her gravity to help them curve into a forced orbit as they strained to decelerate.
TulanCarroll Mather Capps
decelerate
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Word Origin for decelerate
C19: from de- + accelerate
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