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What does slacken mean?

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Verb
  1. (intransitive) To gradually decrease in intensity or tautness; to become slack.
  2. (transitive) To make slack, less taut, or less intense.
  3. To deprive of cohesion by combining chemically with water; to slake.
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Industrial action by auto workers did not slacken, but we do not hear of women rocking the corporate boat again.
To slacken the hammock, push it down with ones bum, then pull the locking rope and cleat it.
This trend will then slacken, for reasons which include reduced competitiveness in electricity production compared with coal.
She could feel his grip on her slacken and saw the glassy look in his eyes.
The narrative does not slacken with the news of Daniel's death and the widow's hopeless grief.
It is no time to slacken the pressure that we are exerting on our American friends and colleagues.

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