subside

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As the adrenalin starts to subside, his muscles begin to ache and he can feel a headache building right behind his eyes, but at the same time his heart rate's slowing and he can breathe normally again, so overall he's calling it an improvement.

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  1. intransitive verb To sink to a lower or normal level.
  2. intransitive verb To sink or settle down, as into a sofa.
  3. intransitive verb To sink to the bottom, as a sediment.
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  • In order for the violence to possible subside, there would have to be a major internal war. —  Biga's Rants - A Townhall.com user blog
  • Terrorism will also subside, the NIC tentatively suggests, unless it doesn't. —  Spero News
  • After those symptoms subside, the patient may still experience episodes of instability, often likened to walking on roller skates.
  • As the fighting in the south began to subside, the desperately poor people in the region known as Darfur - largely black Muslims - wanted to get some help too. —  The Jawa Report
  • By the time the thunderstorm began to subside, the sun was starting to set on Malaysia, meaning that drivers would have had to combat both a slippery surface and poor visibility. —  Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Latin subsīdere : sub-, sub- + sīdere, to settle; see sed- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Latin subsidere, sit down, sink down, settle, remain, lie in wait, from sub, under, + sedere, sit: see sedent, sit.
 

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