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compacting

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Synonyms and Antonyms of compacting

the act or process of reducing the size or volume of something by or as if by pressing

the compacting of wool fibers into felt

Synonyms of compacting

compaction, compression, condensation, condensing, constricting, constriction, contracting, contraction, squeeze, squeezing, telescoping

Words Related to compacting

abbreviation, abridgment (or abridgement), curtailment, shortening

concentration, consolidation

simplification, streamlining

decreasing, diminishment, lessening

Near Antonyms of compacting

dilation, dispersion, dissipation, scattering

distension (or distention), inflation, swelling

Antonyms of compacting

decompression, expansion

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