hasten

To speed up a series of actions or steps taken to achieve a particular end.

To help someone get well more quickly after an illness or injury.

To cause death to occur sooner than it naturally would.

To speed up the process of something becoming weaker or less powerful.

To speed up the loss of power, status, or success.

A more formal way to say 'hasten death', often used for the end of an institution or concept.

To make someone or something arrive sooner.

To make someone or something leave sooner.