Adulterate and Slowing down

Adulterate verb - To alter (something) for the worse with the addition of foreign or lower-grade substances.

Slowing down and adulterate are semantically related In some cases you can replace term "Slowing down" with "Adulterate", this verbs are similar.

Adulterate and slowing down are semantically related in reduce the strength of topic. Sometimes you can use "Adulterate" instead a verb "Slowing down".