subside
- to sink to a low or lower level.
- to become quiet, less active, or less violent; abate: The laughter subsided.
- to sink or fall to the bottom; settle; precipitate: to cause coffee grounds to subside.
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slacken, ebb, wane, dwindle, ease, recede, melt, descend, abate, diminish, decline, lower, collapse, taper, drop, settle, sink, fall, moderate, quietenExamples from the Web for subsided
Contemporary Examples of subsided
By the time I arrived, however, the war in Mozambique was over and the attacks had subsided.
Kids used to take big changes, but the crazy energy of youth seems to have subsided.
But as Bernanke took pains to reassure the market, and as the stock market recovered, the panic has subsided.
The anti-gay-marriage protests have subsided, and so has the talk of a new French revolution.
But before the floodwaters have subsided, the insurance industry has already hastened to calculate the damage from Sandy.
Historical Examples of subsided
Out in the night the yells had subsided since the Hadji's harangue, if not wholly because of it.
It Happened in EgyptC. N. Williamson
Some weeks had passed, and the first shock of these events had subsided.
The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas NicklebyCharles Dickens
Edward felt the appeal; but his jealousy had not yet subsided.
The Pirate and The Three CuttersFrederick Marryat
"Of course, I gave him back his money," she went on, when her emotion had subsided.
Cleo The MagnificentLouis Zangwill
After the disorder has subsided, the walls of the room should be washed with hot lime, which will render it perfectly sweet.
subside
- to become less loud, excited, violent, etc; abate
- to sink or fall to a lower level
- (of the surface of the earth, etc) to cave in; collapse
- (of sediment, etc) to sink or descend to the bottom; settle