v. 25B6; verb
wait until the storm subsides : ABATE, let up, quieten down, calm, slacken (off), ease (up), relent, die down, recede, lessen, soften, diminish, decline, dwindle, weaken, fade, wane, ebb; archaic remit.
the flood has subsided : RECEDE, ebb, fall, go down, get lower, abate.
the volcano is gradually subsiding : SINK, settle, cave in, collapse, crumple, give way.
Sarah subsided into a chair : SLUMP, flop, sink, collapse; informal flump, plonk oneself.
intensify, rise.