petered (out)

verb

past tense of peter (out)
as in faded (away)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for petered (out)
  1. vanished
  2. gave out
  3. evaporated
  4. fell away
  5. tapered off
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  • When Erika was 7, her cousin Yam, who was also her closest friend, vanished during a traditional festival in the Liberdade neighborhood while Erika’s mother was looking after the children.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Stacy Peterson vanished from her Bolingbrook home nearly 20 years ago.
    — Megan De Mar, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of vanished
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  • The trio even gave out a Christmas card from the household to teammates.
    — Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 28 Oct. 2026
  • The Alienware 16 Area-51 gave out after just 3 hours and 35 minutes.
    — Marshall Honorof, PC Magazine, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of gave out
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  • The urban middle classes are in despair because the bursting of a real estate bubble — deliberately engineered by Xi — has evaporated the value of their main asset.
    — Andy Browne, semafor.com, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Fierro said the community watched as jobs, cattle sales and even tax revenue from the diesel fuel used to transport the animals evaporated due to the closures.
    — Susan Montoya Bryan, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of evaporated
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  • Two-and-a-half minutes later, now out of the dense lower atmosphere, the first stage fell away and headed back toward Cape Canaveral for a return-to-launch-site landing while the second stage continued the climb to orbit.
    — William Harwood, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Their floodlights were opened with a visit by a Manchester United XI in 1989 and a substantial clubhouse was opened by Sir Alex Ferguson in 1995, but attendances fell away and the ground had no host club.
    — Andy Mitten, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of fell away
Verb
  • As the rains tapered off and the skies cleared, Paterson's annual Dominican parade stepped off Sunday afternoon, though with a slight delay.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Sep. 2026
  • However, Brissett's play tapered off after he was hobbled by a knee injury.
    — James Boyd, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of tapered off
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