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2 | 90% | 9 | Becoming less strong or intense | |
3 | 75% | 9 | Exact Match! | |
Dimming Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "LOWERING" which means:
- noun
- • The act of causing to become less
- • The act of causing something to move to a lower level adjective satellite
- • Darkened by clouds adjective
- • (of sky or environment) dark and menacing.
- • That lowers or frowns.
- • Lurking, skulking, menacing. verb
- • To frown; to look sullen.
- • To be dark, gloomy, and threatening, as clouds; of the sky: to be covered with dark and threatening clouds; to show threatening signs of approach, as a tempest.
- • To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down
- • To pull down
- • To reduce the height of
- • To depress as to direction
- • To make less elevated
- • To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of
- • To bring down; to humble
- • (lower oneself) to humble oneself; to do something one considers to be beneath one's dignity.
- • To reduce (something) in value, amount, etc.
- • To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease
- • To decrease in value, amount, etc.
An example sentence would be:
- • "The lowering of interest rates may stimulate economic growth."
- • "He noticed a lowering of the temperature as autumn approached."
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New York Times10 Aug 2008 | Across 117 | |
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