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Similar words: blacken · slacker · bracken · lackey · shaken · sicken · slack · slacks · stacked · stacker
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slacken

(also

slacken off

)
1 verb make slower, less intense TRANSITIVEmaolaigh verb  c m uto slacken your pace do luas a mhaolú 2 verb become slower, less intense INTRANSITIVEdemand has slackened tá an t-éileamh tar éis laghdú 3 verb make looser TRANSITIVEscaoil verb  c m ubog verb  c m uto slacken your grip do ghreim a scaoileadh, do ghreim a bhogadh 4 verb become looser INTRANSITIVEhis jaw slackened leath a bhéal

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  • slackening »
    we see no slackening in the pace of technological change ní léir go bhfuil maolú ar bith ag teacht ar an athrú teicneolaíochta
  • slackening »
    there's been a slackening of demand for this product níl a oiread ráchairte ar an táirge seo agus a bhíodh, tá an t-éileamh ar an táirge seo tar éis laghdú
  • slackening »
    she felt a slackening in his grip mhothaigh sí a ghreim á scaoileadh
  • slacken off »
    the rate of growth slackened off tháinig maolú ar an ráta fáis
  • slacken off »
    she slackened the speed off a bit mhaolaigh sí an luas de bheagán
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