phasedown
1 of 2noun
phase·down ˈfāz-ˌdau̇n 
: a gradual reduction (as in operations or size) : a slowing down by phases
phase down
2 of 2verb
phased down; phasing down; phases down
transitive verb
: to reduce the size or amount of by phases
phase down the program
intransitive verb
: to undergo reduction by phases
Synonyms
Verb
- abate
- de-escalate
- decline
- decrease
- die (away or down or out)
- diminish
- drain (away)
- drop (off)
- dwindle
- ease
- ebb
- fall
- fall away
- lessen
- let up
- lower
- moderate
- pall
- ratchet (down)
- rachet (down)
- recede
- relent
- remit
- shrink
- subside
- taper
- taper off
- wane
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Example Sentences
Verb tourism along the coast phases down after Labor Day
Recent Examples on the Web
David Axelrod, CNN, 18 Oct. 2021 Once fully implemented, scientists have said such an HFC phasedown would avoid 0.5 degrees Celsius of warming. Abby Smith, Washington Examiner, 3 May 2021 Over the next 15 years, the HFC phasedown would reduce 900 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent, more than the total annual emissions of Germany, Rhodium says. Abby Smith, Washington Examiner, 22 Dec. 2020 Wetstone, like many other clean energy advocates, is calling on Congress to temporarily allow clean energy companies to redeem tax credits as cash payments and to put off the phasedown of renewable energy tax credits. Abby Smith, Washington Examiner, 16 June 2020 Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2022 After two weeks of talks in Glasgow, diplomats from almost 200 countries reached an agreement to ramp up their carbon-cutting commitments, phase down fossil fuels and increase aid to poor countries on the front lines of climate change. Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2022 After two weeks of talks in Glasgow, diplomats from almost 200 countries reached an agreement to ramp up their carbon-cutting commitments, phase down fossil fuels and increase aid to poor countries on the front lines of climate change. Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2022 After two weeks of talks in Glasgow, diplomats from almost 200 countries reached an agreement to ramp up their carbon-cutting commitments, phase down fossil fuels and increase aid to poor countries on the front lines of climate change. Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2022 After two weeks of talks in Glasgow, diplomats from almost 200 countries reached an agreement to ramp up their carbon-cutting commitments, phase down fossil fuels and increase aid to poor countries on the front lines of climate change. Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2022 After two weeks of talks in Glasgow, diplomats from almost 200 countries reached an agreement to ramp up their carbon-cutting commitments, phase down fossil fuels and increase aid to poor countries on the front lines of climate change. Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2022 After two weeks of talks in Glasgow, diplomats from almost 200 countries reached an agreement to ramp up their carbon-cutting commitments, phase down fossil fuels and increase aid to poor countries on the front lines of climate change. Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2022 After two weeks of talks in Glasgow, diplomats from almost 200 countries reached an agreement to ramp up their carbon-cutting commitments, phase down fossil fuels and increase aid to poor countries on the front lines of climate change. Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2022 See More
Noun
Partly to keep peace with the military establishment and win its support for a phasedown of troops after the surge, Obama largely accepted the recommendation to send tens of thousands of troops to Afghanistan. David Axelrod, CNN, 18 Oct. 2021 Once fully implemented, scientists have said such an HFC phasedown would avoid 0.5 degrees Celsius of warming. Abby Smith, Washington Examiner, 3 May 2021 Over the next 15 years, the HFC phasedown would reduce 900 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent, more than the total annual emissions of Germany, Rhodium says. Abby Smith, Washington Examiner, 22 Dec. 2020 Wetstone, like many other clean energy advocates, is calling on Congress to temporarily allow clean energy companies to redeem tax credits as cash payments and to put off the phasedown of renewable energy tax credits. Abby Smith, Washington Examiner, 16 June 2020 Verb
After two weeks of talks in Glasgow, diplomats from almost 200 countries reached an agreement to ramp up their carbon-cutting commitments, phase down fossil fuels and increase aid to poor countries on the front lines of climate change. Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2022 After two weeks of talks in Glasgow, diplomats from almost 200 countries reached an agreement to ramp up their carbon-cutting commitments, phase down fossil fuels and increase aid to poor countries on the front lines of climate change. Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2022 After two weeks of talks in Glasgow, diplomats from almost 200 countries reached an agreement to ramp up their carbon-cutting commitments, phase down fossil fuels and increase aid to poor countries on the front lines of climate change. Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2022 After two weeks of talks in Glasgow, diplomats from almost 200 countries reached an agreement to ramp up their carbon-cutting commitments, phase down fossil fuels and increase aid to poor countries on the front lines of climate change. Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2022 After two weeks of talks in Glasgow, diplomats from almost 200 countries reached an agreement to ramp up their carbon-cutting commitments, phase down fossil fuels and increase aid to poor countries on the front lines of climate change. Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2022 After two weeks of talks in Glasgow, diplomats from almost 200 countries reached an agreement to ramp up their carbon-cutting commitments, phase down fossil fuels and increase aid to poor countries on the front lines of climate change. Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2022 After two weeks of talks in Glasgow, diplomats from almost 200 countries reached an agreement to ramp up their carbon-cutting commitments, phase down fossil fuels and increase aid to poor countries on the front lines of climate change. Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2022 After two weeks of talks in Glasgow, diplomats from almost 200 countries reached an agreement to ramp up their carbon-cutting commitments, phase down fossil fuels and increase aid to poor countries on the front lines of climate change. Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
Noun
1958, in the meaning defined above
Verb
1970, in the meaning defined at transitive sense
phases down
verb
as in decreases
to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually tourism along the coast phases down after Labor Day Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- decreases
- diminishes
- subsides
- tapers off
- eases
- declines
- falls
- rachets (down)
- falls away
- vanishes
- shrinks
- ratchets (down)
- dies (away or down or out)
- tapers
- palls
- ebbs
- moderates
- drains (away)
- recedes
- lessens
- wanes
- relents
- lets up
- remits
- lowers
- weakens
- dwindles
- de-escalates
- drops (off)
- evaporates
- abates
- gives out
- contracts
- compresses
- slows (down)
- collapses
- fritters (away)
- condenses
- tails (off)
- constricts
- melts (away)
- alleviates
- relaxes
- peters (out)
- fades (away)
- slackens
- flags
- caves (in)
- sinks
- deflates
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- increases
- builds
- picks up
- rises
- expands
- grows
- mounts
- mushrooms
- intensifies
- accumulates
- escalates
- bourgeons
- enlarges
- swells
- appears
- waxes
- emerges
- soars
- balloons
- snowballs
- burgeons
- lengthens
- blows up
- elongates
- shows up
- distends
- ethylamines
- ethylate
- ethylated
- ethylates
- ethylating
- ethylation
- ethylations
- ethylbenzene
- ethylbenzenes
- ethylene
- ethylene chloride
- ethylene chlorohydrin
- ethylene cyanohydrin
- ethylene di
- ethylene dibromide
- ethylene dichloride
- ethylene glycol
- ethylene linkage
- ethylene oxide
- ethylenediaminetetraacetate
- ethylenediaminetetraacetates
- ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid
- ethyleneimine
- ethylener
- ethylenes