squeezing

the act or process of reducing the size or volume of something by or as if by pressing the tight squeezing of his hands on hers made her face turn red Synonyms compacting, compaction, condensation, condensing, constricting, constriction, contracting, contraction, squeeze, compression, telescopingRelated Words abbreviation, abridgment (or abridgement), curtailment, shortening; concentration, consolidation; simplification, streamlining; decreasing, diminishment, lesseningNear Antonyms dilation, dispersion, dissipation, scattering; distension (or distention), inflation, swellingAntonyms decompression, expansion