decelerate

Verb

Meaning

reduce the speed of

lose velocity; move more slowly

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Synonyms

slow slow down retard slow up brake hold back back off ease off slack off come to a stop reduce speed slam on the brakes hit the brakes put on the brakes apply the brakes

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Antonyms

accelerate quicken scoot further speed buzz

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Hypernyms

change fall decrease alter modify diminish

Hyponyms

retard slow delay moderate detain slow down

Examples

You need propellants to accelerate toward Mars, then to decelerate at Mars, again to re-accelerate from Mars to Earth, and finally to decelerate back at Earth. Accordingly, the mass of these required propellants, in short, drives our need for innovative launch vehicles. Buzz Aldrin

He slowed down the car Source: Internet

The car decelerated Source: Internet

A more complicated model The above model of an oscillating mass on a spring is plausible but not very realistic: in practice, friction will tend to decelerate the mass and have magnitude proportional to its velocity (i.e. dx/dt). Source: Internet

As long as the disc rotates the brake pads act to decelerate the vehicle via the kinetic frictional forces which create a constant braking torque on the disk. Source: Internet

As part of this, distances between objects in the direction of the ship's motion will gradually contract until the ship begins to decelerate, at which time an onboard observer's experience of the gravitational field will be reversed. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

deceivingly deceivous decel decelerating force decelerating growth decelerating inflation