Synonyms:
letup, lull
Meaning: a pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished; "there was never a letup in the noise"
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
lull
Meaning: calm by deception; "Don't let yourself be lulled into a false state of security"
Synonyms:
lull, calm_down
Meaning: become quiet or less intensive; "the fighting lulled for a moment"
Usage examples
An ominous lull and silence
'You could get a temporary maid,' her friend suggested, in a lull of the tornado.
But he was afraid of her; and besides, there came a lull now, for she had begun to think.
It was December when Harold returned home to his parents, and for the next three months the lull before the storm continued.
After a week of physical anguish, Unrest and pain, and feverish heat, Toward the ending day a calm and lull comes on, Three hours of peace and soothing rest of brain.