Shrinking
Withering
Withering noun - Any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use).
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Shrinking and withering are semantically related in shriveling topic. Sometimes you can use "Shrinking" instead the word "Withering" as an adjective or a noun.
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- Like many small, rural towns dominated by one industry, it was shrinking and withering during the 1980s and 1990s... until the Ring of Fire.
Source: Literature / 1632 - Like many small, rural towns dominated by one industry, the coal mining town of Grantville was shrinking and withering during the 1980s and 1990s... until a Negative Space Wedgie transplanted the town to central Germany during the Thirty Years' War.
Source: Boom Town
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