decelerate
verb (used with object)
to decrease the velocity of.
decelerated
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past participleof decelerate.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof decelerate.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
decelerateverb (used with object)to decrease the velocity of.
Example Sentences
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And it does seem like a steep sentence, for contact that wasn’t even given a yellow card at first, and which, when decelerated in granular slow-mo, looks worse than it actually was.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
Growth in cloud applications decelerated by 2 percentage points on a sequential basis, to 9%, “keeping the SaaSpocalypse theory alive,” according to Thill.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026
China’s consumer spending growth decelerated to its weakest pace since 2022 in April, while industrial output, investment and the real-estate sector all continued to deteriorate, falling short of economists’ expectations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026
Annual sales growth has decelerated over the past five years through 2025, and is expected to slow further this year, leaving it less room to fend off threats like X Money.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 16, 2026
As the spaceship decelerated and pulled out of its orbit, heading down, down, down, it passed through several minutes of communications blackout.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
