All give way synonyms

verb give way

• break up — When something breaks up or when you break it up, it separates or is divided into several smaller parts.
• back down — If you back down, you withdraw a claim, demand, or commitment that you made earlier, because other people are strongly opposed to it.
• retire — a movement in which the dancer brings one foot to the knee of the supporting leg and then returns it to the fifth position.
• surrender — to yield (something) to the possession or power of another; deliver up possession of on demand or under duress: to surrender the fort to the enemy; to surrender the stolen goods to the police.
• droop — to sag, sink, bend, or hang down, as from weakness, exhaustion, or lack of support.
• separate — to keep apart or divide, as by an intervening barrier or space: to separate two fields by a fence.
• chicken out — If someone chickens out of something they were intending to do, they decide not to do it because they are afraid.
• defer — If you defer an event or action, you arrange for it to happen at a later date, rather than immediately or at the previously planned time.
• acknowledge — If you acknowledge a fact or a situation, you accept or admit that it is true or that it exists.
• topple — to fall forward, as from having too heavy a top; pitch; tumble down.
• founder — a person who founds or casts metal, glass, etc.
• disintegrate — to separate into parts or lose intactness or solidness; break up; deteriorate: The old book is gradually disintegrating with age.
• pass away — to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
• faint — lacking brightness, vividness, clearness, loudness, strength, etc.: a faint light; a faint color; a faint sound.
• cease — If something ceases, it stops happening or existing.
• shatter — to break (something) into pieces, as by a blow.
• break — When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
• fail — to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
• drop — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
• crumple — If you crumple something such as paper or cloth, or if it crumples, it is squashed and becomes full of untidy creases and folds.
• weaken — to make weak or weaker.
• depress — If someone or something depresses you, they make you feel sad and disappointed.
• lower — to cause to descend; let or put down: to lower a flag.
• dilute — to make (a liquid) thinner or weaker by the addition of water or the like.
• halt — to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
• dwindle — to become smaller and smaller; shrink; waste away: His vast fortune has dwindled away.
• lessen — to become less.
• reduce — to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number, etc.: to reduce one's weight by 10 pounds.
• cripple — A person with a physical disability or a serious permanent injury is sometimes referred to as a cripple.
• impair — to make or cause to become worse; diminish in ability, value, excellence, etc.; weaken or damage: to impair one's health; to impair negotiations.
• decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
• abate — If something bad or undesirable abates, it becomes much less strong or severe.
• diminish — to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce.
• sap — Fortification. a deep, narrow trench constructed so as to form an approach to a besieged place or an enemy's position.
• undermine — to injure or destroy by insidious activity or imperceptible stages, sometimes tending toward a sudden dramatic effect.
• cave in — If something such as a roof or a ceiling caves in, it collapses inwards.
• fall down — to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
• collapse — If a building or other structure collapses, it falls down very suddenly.
• flip — to toss or put in motion with a sudden impulse, as with a snap of a finger and thumb, especially so as to cause to turn over in the air: to flip a coin.
• break down — If a machine or a vehicle breaks down, it stops working.
• smash — to break to pieces with violence and often with a crashing sound, as by striking, letting fall, or dashing against something; shatter: He smashed the vase against the wall.
• plunge — to cast or thrust forcibly or suddenly into something, as a liquid, a penetrable substance, a place, etc.; immerse; submerge: to plunge a dagger into one's heart.
• hurtle — to rush violently; move with great speed: The car hurtled down the highway.
• tumble — to fall helplessly down, end over end, as by losing one's footing, support, or equilibrium; plunge headlong: to tumble down the stairs.
• ditch — a long, narrow excavation made in the ground by digging, as for draining or irrigating land; trench.
• dive — to plunge into water, especially headfirst.
• collide — If two or more moving people or objects collide, they crash into one another. If a moving person or object collides with a person or object that is not moving, they crash into them.
• bump — If you bump into something or someone, you accidentally hit them while you are moving.
• disengage — to release from attachment or connection; loosen; unfasten: to disengage a clutch.
• slip — to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.