| demolish | |
| deplete(verb, diminish, decrease) | |
| level(verb, move, hold, smooth, crush) | |
| lighten(verb, diminish) | |
| lint | |
| lop(verb, cut, diminish, decrease, contract) | |
| make smaller(expression, idiom) | |
| moderate | |
| oppress(verb, squeeze, nip, tweak) | |
| pad(noun, verb, block, pack, fill) | |
| pare down | |
| plane(verb, smooth, crush, level, smash) | |
| press together(verb, expression, phrasal verb, concentrate, condense) | |
| restrain(verb, contract, narrow, inhibit, tighten) | |
| retrench(cut, diminish, decrease, contract, curtail) | |
| scrunch(noun, verb, move, hold, press) | |
| shove(verb, move, hold, smooth, push) | |
| splint | |
| streamline | |
| stunt |
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