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Found in thesaurus: weaken, lessen, decrease, minify, loosen, loose

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slacken
v. slow down, decelerate; loosen; ease, make less intense

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Tension (physics)
In physics, tension describes the pulling force exerted by each end of a string, cable, chain, or similar one-dimensional continuous object, or by each end of a rod, truss member, or similar three dimensional object.

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slacken
Verb
1. become slow or slower; "Production slowed"
(synonym) slow, slow down, slow up, slack
(hypernym) weaken
2. make less active or fast; "He slackened his pace as he got tired"; "Don't relax your efforts now"
(synonym) slack, slack up, relax
(hypernym) decrease, lessen, minify
3. become looser or slack; "the rope slackened"
(hypernym) weaken
(see-also) ease up, ease off, slacken off, flag
4. make slack as by lessening tension or firmness
(synonym) remit
(hypernym) loosen, loose
(hyponym) douse, dowse
(derivation) relaxation, loosening, slackening


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slacken
v. povolit (se); uvolnit (se); zvolnit (se); polevit

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slacken
Czas. rozluźniać (się); obluzowywać (się); zwalniać; zmniejszać (się)