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Synonyms for ebb

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Synonyms for ebb

the act or process of becoming less active or intense

to move back or away from a point, limit, or mark

to become or cause to become less active or intense

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Synonyms for ebb

a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)

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the outward flow of the tide

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flow back or recede

hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb

fall away or decline

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Princess of permission and of the promise contained in promiscuity: "Yes, I can / Yes, I will / Yes, I'll take a sip / Yes, I'll touch," she recitativos in the opening Kander and Ebb number--and leaves her audience dizzy.
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