ebb
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Synonyms for ebb
decline
flowing back
Synonyms
- flowing back
- going out
- withdrawal
- retreat
- wane
- waning
- regression
- low water
- low tide
- ebb tide
- outgoing tide
- falling tide
- receding tide
decline
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Synonyms for ebb
the act or process of becoming less active or intense
to grow or cause to grow gradually less
to move back or away from a point, limit, or mark
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Synonyms for ebb
a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
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hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb
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fall away or decline
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