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[1] |
decrease
,
decrease
,
lessen
,
decline
,
abate
,
fall
,
lessen
,
reduce
,
lower
,
shrink
,
curtail
,
contract
,
lop
,
crop
,
dock
,
clip
,
prune
,
cut
,
truncate
,
cut down
,
abbreviate
,
shorten
,
abridge
,
compress
,
condense
,
pare (down)
,
scale down
,
boil down
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[2] |
belittle
,
belittle
,
disparage
,
degrade
,
downgrade
,
discredit
,
detract (from)
,
vitiate
,
debase
,
deprecate
,
demean
,
derogate
,
depreciate
,
vilipend
,
devalue
,
cheapen
,
put down
,
dismiss
,
humiliate
,
demean
,
reject
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[3] |
wane
,
fade
,
dwindle
,
ebb
,
die out/away
,
peter out
,
recede
,
subside
,
slacken
,
let up
,
wind down
,
slow (down)
,
ease (off)
,
(Colloq) run out of steam
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