The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word DECLINE which also is the latest solution we found used in Newsday in 2014.
Gradual loss crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DECLINE | 50 % | 7 |
| EROSION | 50 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Gradual loss
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- decline
- erosion
- wear
- drain
- drains
- fadeout
- regression
- decay
- decaying
- fade-out
- glaucoma
- leak
Crossword Answer definitions
DECLINE noun- Downward movement, fall.
- A sloping downward, e.g. of a hill or road.
- A weakening.
- A reduction or diminution of activity.
- The act of declining or refusing something.
- To move downwards, to fall, to drop.
- To become weaker or worse.
- To bend downward; to bring down; to depress; to cause to bend, or fall.
- To cause to decrease or diminish.
- To turn or bend aside; to deviate; to stray; to withdraw.
- To refuse, forbear.
- (grammar, usually of substantives, adjectives and pronouns) To inflect for case, number and sometimes gender.
- (by extension) To run through from first to last; to repeat like a schoolboy declining a noun.
- To reject a penalty against the opposing team, usually because the result of accepting it would benefit the non-penalized team less than the preceding play.
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