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1. letup

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Usually means: Decrease or pause in intensity.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word letup:

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  1. letup: Merriam-Webster
  2. letup: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. letup: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. letup: Vocabulary.com
  5. Letup, letup: Wordnik
  6. letup: Wiktionary
  7. letup: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. letup: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. letup: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. letup: Dictionary.com
  11. letup: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  12. letup: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. letup: Rhymezone
  14. letup: FreeDictionary.org
  15. letup: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. letup: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  A pause or period of slackening.

Similar:
lull, slackening, downtime, hang, slackery, slack, layoff, letdown, lentor, hiatus, more...

Opposite:
intensification, escalation, increase, continuation, persistence

Types:
break, pause, halt, respite, rest, break in the action, breather, more...

Adjectives:
little, brief, slight, temporary, much, real, apparent, only, appreciable, early, immediate

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Similar:
lull, slackening, downtime, hang, slackery, slack, layoff, letdown, lentor, hiatus, more...

Opposite:
intensification, escalation, increase, continuation, persistence

Types:
break, pause, halt, respite, rest, break in the action, breather, more...

Adjectives:
little, brief, slight, temporary, much, real, apparent, only, appreciable, early, immediate



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