Crops wither or are washed away by flooding, villages are destroyed by cyclones, the development of whole regions is set back years in a single night.

Las cosechas se marchitan o quedan arrasadas por las inundaciones, los poblados son destruidos por ciclones, el desarrollo de regiones enteras retrocede varios años en una sola noche.

We are hopeful that in this sector the governance of globalisation is flourishing, and not withering away, as is unfortunately happening in other sectors.

Esperamos que, en este sector, florezca la gobernanza de la mundialización y que no se marchite, como desafortunadamente está ocurriendo en otros sectores.

to wither(also: to fade)

marchitarse {r. v.}

to wither(also: to flatten, to overwhelm, to squelch, to swat)

aplastar [aplastando · aplastado] {v.t.}

to wither(also: to turn sour, to yellow)

acedarse {r. v.}

to wither

achilarse {vb} [Col.]

to wither

agostar [agostando · agostado] {v.t.} (plantas)

to wither(also: to become parched)

agostarse {vb} (vegetación)

to wither

languidecer [languideciendo · languidecido] {v.i.}

to wither [withered · withered] {transitive verb}

to wither(also: to stultify)

atrofiar [atrofiando · atrofiado] {vb}

to wither(also: to debilitate, to enfeeble, to weaken, to drag down)

debilitar [debilitando · debilitado] {vb}

to wither(also: to deplete, to tail off, to thin out)

mermar [mermando · mermado] {vb}

to wither [withered · withered] {intransitive verb}

to wither(also: to waste away)

atrofiarse {vb}

to wither(also: to recede, to evanesce, to dematerialize, to disappear)

desvanecerse {vb}

to wither(also: to decay, to decline, to droop, to ebb)

decaer [decayendo · decaído] {vb}

SYNONYMS

Synonyms (English) for "withering":

withering

annihilating- annihilative- atrophy- devastating

CONTEXT EXAMPLES

Context examples for "withering" in Spanish(!) These sentences come from external sources & may not be accurate. Therefore, we are not responsible for their content.

she gave him a withering look

lo fulminó con la mirada

a withering look

una mirada fulminante

This Treaty creates the legal framework for a super state, with the lives of 500 million people being controlled from a central point and the nation states withering away.

Este Tratado crea el marco jurídico para un superestado, en el que la vida de 500 millones de personas se controla desde un punto central y los Estados nación se desvanecen.

We announce investment in research, yet the European Technology Institute is withering away before our eyes, ripped apart as a result of national self-interest.

Anunciamos inversiones en la investigación y, a pesar de ello, el Instituto Europeo de la Tecnología se desvanece ante nuestros propios ojos, desgarrado como resultado de los egoísmos nacionales.

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