The Only Use
ebb
in
The Pedestrian, by Ray Bradbury
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- Crime was ebbing; there was no need now for the police, save for this one lone car wandering and wandering the empty streets.†
ebbing = declining -- typically gradually as with the height of the tide
Definitions:
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(1)
(ebb) decline -- typically gradually as with the height of the tide
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)