reduce
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Synonyms for reduce
lessen
degrade
in reduced circumstances
Synonyms
- impoverished
- penniless
- destitute
- poverty-stricken
- broke
- short
- poor
- ruined
- bust
- in need
- bankrupt
- needy
- badly off
- on the rocks
- hard up
- down and out
- skint
- in want
- indigent
- down at heel
- impecunious
- dirt-poor
- on the breadline
- flat broke
- penurious
- on your uppers
- stony-broke
- necessitous
- in queer street
- pauperized
- without two pennies to rub together
- on your beam-ends
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Synonyms for reduce
to grow or cause to grow gradually less
to make short or shorter the duration or extent of
to become or make less in price or value
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Synonyms for reduce
cut down on
make less complex
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bring to humbler or weaker state or condition
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simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another
lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation
reduce in size
lessen and make more modest
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to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons
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put down by force or intimidation
reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site
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destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it
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reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
be cooked until very little liquid is left
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cook until very little liquid is left
Synonyms
lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
take off weight
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