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attenuate
attenuated
attenuating
attenuation
boil
damp
falling
falling-off
foreshorten
foreshortened
go through the flooridiom
haircut
runsomeone/somethingdown
rundown
sag
salami slicing
scalesomethingdown
shave
telescope
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