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Slacken meaning
To gradually decrease in intensity or tautness; to become slack; to lag. | To make slack, less taut, or less intense. | To deprive of cohesion by combining chemically with water; to slake.
Example sentences (5)
From here on, even when Jubilee appears to slacken a tad, it does not lose any height.
If it helps erase lingering relegation worries on Tyneside, Frank Lampard saw Chelsea’s grip on a top-four place slacken.
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Eisenhower Mkaka has expressed worry over the escalation of fake news in the country, saying in wake of Covid-19 pandemic, disinformation will slacken government's efforts to fight it.
A tightly woven story that doesn’t let its readers slacken the pace as it vividly describes each moment.
As the battle wore on, the arm and shoulder muscles would tire from exertion, the fingers holding the bowstring would strain and the stress of combat would slacken the rate of fire.