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to decelerate
01
to slow down or reduce the speed of something
Transitive: to decelerate a moving vehicle or object
02
to get lessened in speed over time
Intransitive
decelerate
v
accelerate
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acceler
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deceleration
n
deceleration
n
Example
The pilot carefully decelerated the airplane, bringing it to a smooth landing on the runway.
The driver skillfully decelerated the car as it approached the traffic light, avoiding a sudden stop.
To protect fragile cargo, the crane operator must gently decelerate the load when lowering it onto the dock.
The braking system is programmed to decelerate the autonomous vehicle in response to obstacles.
The engineer designed a system to automatically decelerate the train when approaching a curve.
