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verb
Decrease in size, extent, or range
Synonyms: diminishing, lessening, dwindling, tapering, declining, wasting, reducing, depreciating, falling, shrinking, subsiding, lightening, ebbing, slumping, evaporating, slackening, decaying, subtracting, abating, rebating, sinking, crumbling, weakening, petering, fading, drooping, quieting, waning, softening, receding, dropping, moderating, discounting, lowering, draining, settling, degenerating, curtailing, deteriorating, curbing, modifying
Antonyms: increasing, multiplying, raising, adding, expanding, enlarging, growing, developing
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adjective
Becoming less or smaller
Antonyms: increasing
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verb
Make smaller
Synonyms: deducting, trimming, lightening, epitomizing, summarizing, abstracting, clipping, devaluing, bleeding, thinning, stripping, deflating, levelling, limiting, digesting, modifying, mitigating, abating, depleting, truncating, pruning, paring, shaving, diluting, slashing, diminishing, minimizing, shortening, condensing, lessening, abbreviating, abridging, subtracting, curtailing, tranquilizing, qualifying, blunting, allaying, pacifying, palliating, stilling, hushing, composing, dampening, mollifying, taming, quelling, restraining, curbing, checking, lowering, reducing
Antonyms: expanding, increasing