SUBSISTING Antonyms

• weakening in force or intensity

• a flaw or weak point

• failure to reach a minimum required performance

• below acceptable in performance

• a sudden or mysterious disappearance

• a sudden disappearance from sight

• becoming weaker

• the act of reducing the strength of something

• causing debilitation

• moderating by making pain or sorrow weaker

• a verbal act of admitting defeat

• the act of conceding or yielding

• inclined to yield to argument or influence or control

• lacking stiffness and giving way to pressure

• tending to give in or surrender or agree

• (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end

• put an end to a state or an activity

• have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical

• an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion

• a natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in

• the act of throwing yourself down; collapse; sink

• a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)

• break down, literally or metaphorically

• collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack

• fold or close up

• fall apart

• cause to burst

• suffer a nervous breakdown

• lose significance, effectiveness, or value

• lose validity

• pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

• expel air

• pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life