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as in to minimize
to express scornfully one's low opinion of
tends to diminish any rival's accomplishments with snide remarks
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as in to reduce
to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent
the state's blood supplies were severely diminished by the two consecutive disasters
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as in to decrease
to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually
the sound of the train diminished as our distance from it increased
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