Related Words for reduce

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abbreviate
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Verb
abridge
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Verb, Verb
shrink
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Verb, Verb
shorten
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Verb, Verb
tighten
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Verb, Verb
trim
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Verb, Verb
dilute
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Verb, Verb
repress
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Verb, Verb
simplify
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Verb, Verb
subdue
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Verb, Verb
quash
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Verb, Verb
subjugate
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Verb, Verb
cut
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Verb, Verb
thin
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Verb, Verb
concentrate
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Verb, Verb
slim
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Verb, Verb, Noun
contract
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Noun, Verb
boil down
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Phrase, Verb
bring down
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Phrase, Verb
come down
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Phrase, Verb
cut back
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Phrase, Verb
cut down
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Phrase, Verb
keep down
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Phrase, Verb
lose weight
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Phrase, Verb
oxidize
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Verb, Verb
put on
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Phrase, Verb
minimize
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Verb
eliminate
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Verb
increase
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Noun
decrease
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Noun
minimise
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Verb
mitigate
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Verb
lessen
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Verb
alleviate
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Verb
diminish
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Verb
maximize
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Verb
improve
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Verb
enhance
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Verb
reduction
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Noun
prevent
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Verb
ameliorate
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Verb
exacerbate
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Verb
attenuate
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Verb
minimising
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Verb
eradicate
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Verb
optimize
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Verb
avoidable
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Adjective, Noun
lowering
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Verb
maximise
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Verb
augment
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Verb
boost
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Noun
relieve
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Verb
limiting
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Verb
negate
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Verb
remove
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Verb
suppress
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Verb
aggravate
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Verb
accelerate
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Verb
obviate
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Verb
counteract
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Verb
streamline
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Verb
restrict
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Verb
halve
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Verb
inhibit
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Verb
intensify
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Verb
compensate
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Verb
heighten
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Verb
lengthen
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Verb
affect
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Verb
induce
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Verb
protect
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Verb
stabilize
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Verb
strengthen
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Verb
thwart
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Verb
curb
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Noun
optimise
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Verb
nullify
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Verb
contribute
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Verb
amplify
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Verb
save
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Verb
offset
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Verb
neutralize
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Verb
equalize
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Verb
bolster
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Noun
adjust
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Verb
circumvent
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Verb
undermine
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Verb
prolong
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Verb
sustain
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Verb
modulate
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Verb
lighten
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Verb
elevate
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Verb
modify
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Verb
calculate
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Verb
hinder
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Verb
impact
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Noun
assess
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Verb
consolidate
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Verb
obliterate
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Verb
expand
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Verb
facilitate
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Verb
cause
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Noun
justify
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Verb
safeguard
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Noun
alter
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Verb
raise
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Verb
soften
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Verb
dampen
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Verb
neutralise
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Verb
jeopardize
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Verb
absorb
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Verb
stabilise
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Verb
promote
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Verb
complicate
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Verb
maximising
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Verb
accentuate
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Verb
preserve
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Verb
outweigh
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Verb
impair
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Verb
abolish
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Verb
curtail
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Verb
deplete
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Verb
downsize
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Verb
drop
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Noun
moderate
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Adjective
tone down
/x
Phrase, Verb
drop off
//
Phrase, Verb
abate
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Noun
decline
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Noun
down
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
downgrade
//
Noun
degrade
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Verb
quiet down
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Phrase, Verb
narrow
/x
Adjective
strip down
/x
Phrase, Verb
come down to
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Phrase, Verb
slow down
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Phrase, Verb
deduct
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Verb
compress
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Noun
dwindle
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Verb
depreciate
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Verb
lightweight
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Adjective
draw down
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Phrase, Verb
constrain
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Verb
subtract
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Verb
flatten
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Verb
small
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Adjective
turn down
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Phrase, Verb
offending
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Adjective
medium
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Adjective
dietary
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Adjective
overhead
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Adjective
swelling
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Adjective
simmer
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Verb, Noun
randomness
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Adjective
multiplicity
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Adjective
emissions
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Noun
unacceptably
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Adverb
dissonance
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Noun
drastically
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Adverb
overshoot
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Adverb
substantially
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Adverb
abatement
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Noun
accumulative
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Adjective
achieve
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Verb
add
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Verb, Noun
address
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Noun, Verb
admissions
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Noun
allay
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Verb, Noun
allowable
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Adjective, Noun
alone
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Adverb, Adjective
answering
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Noun
appease
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Verb
ask
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Verb, Noun
assuage
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Verb
attributable
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Adjective
away
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Adverb, Adjective, Verb
back
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Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
bate
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Noun, Verb
belittle
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Verb
blow up
//
Phrase, Verb
boobs
/
Verb
bound
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Verb, Adjective, Noun
bridge
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Noun, Verb
bring
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Verb
buggies
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Noun
burdensome
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Adjective
burn
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Verb, Noun
calculable
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Adjective
calories
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Adjective
castration
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Noun
checking
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Noun
checkout
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Noun
circumcision
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Noun
clamp down
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Phrase, Verb
cleansing
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Noun, Adjective
clear
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Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
click
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Verb, Noun
close
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Adjective, Verb, Noun
collapse
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Noun, Verb
combat
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Noun, Verb
comings
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Noun
commute
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Noun, Verb
compare
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Verb, Noun
computations
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Noun
condense
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Verb, Adjective
confine
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Verb, Noun
contain
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Verb
controllable
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Adjective, Noun
counter
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Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
crimp
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
cumulative
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Adjective
curtailment
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Noun
cushion
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Noun, Verb
cutbacks
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Noun
decelerate
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Verb
decrement
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Noun, Verb
deflate
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Verb
defuse
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Verb
depress
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Verb
desolate
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Adjective, Verb
destroy
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Verb
detract
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Verb
die
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Verb, Noun
dim
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
diminution
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Noun
discount
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
discourage
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Verb, Noun
dismantle
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Verb
dispel
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Verb, Noun
divert
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Verb
downplay
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Verb
drags
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Verb
drawdown
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Noun
ease
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Noun, Verb
enlarge
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Verb
erode
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Verb
estimated
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Verb
fall
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Verb, Noun
fat
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
fight
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Verb, Noun
fill
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Verb, Noun
gain
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Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
get
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Verb, Noun
grind
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Verb, Noun
halt
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
hamper
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Verb, Noun
help
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Verb, Noun
impede
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Verb
increment
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Noun, Verb
inflate
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Verb
keep
/
Verb, Noun
knock off
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
least
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Adverb, Noun
limitation
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Noun
loss
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Noun, Verb
magnify
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Verb
make
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Verb, Noun
off
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Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
backwater
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Noun, Verb
breakeven
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
milestone
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Noun, Verb
blow
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
stonewall
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Name, Verb, Adjective
gloss
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Noun, Verb
tell
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Verb, Noun
bulletproof
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Adjective, Verb