| disconfirming(verb, break, reduce, ruin, weaken) |
| discourage |
| disgrade(verb, break, lower, humble, humiliate) |
| drive down(verb, expression, demote, downgrade) |
| dwindle |
| hold back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, reduce, dismiss) |
| kick downstairs(verb, expression, break, reduce, dismiss) |
| liquidate |
| mark down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, break, reduce) |
| marked down(verb, expression, break, demote, bemean) |
| marking down(verb, expression, break, demote, bemean) |
| minimize(verb, reduce, lower, degrade, demote) |
| move down(verb, expression, reduce, downgrade, relegate) |
| pull down(verb, phrasal verb) |
| reduce to the ranks(verb, expression, idiom, reduce, downgrade) |
| ruin(verb, reduce, weaken, subdue) |
| shot down(verb, expression, lessen, degenerate, demote) |
| soften |
| subdue(verb, reduce, ruin, weaken) |
| undervalue(verb, reduce, lower, degrade, demote) |