| silence(upset, crush, shame, subdue, humiliate) |
| smooth(verb, crush, level, smash, squash) |
| take down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, upset, crush) |
| taper(verb, cut, reduce, diminish, lower) |
| truncate(verb, cut, reduce, diminish, lower) |
| void(verb, reduce, cause, collapse, shrink) |
| abash(verb, upset, crush, annoy, confuse) |
| beat down(verb, expression, smooth, crush, level) |
| belie(discredit, repudiate, disprove) |
| blow up(expression, dishearten, undermine, dispirit) |
| cave(break, collapse, faint) |
| chasten(verb, upset, crush, overcome, annoy) |
| clip(verb, cut, check, reduce, diminish) |
| crush(verb, upset, dismiss, slight, annoy) |
| cut back(verb, expression, cut, check, reduce) |
| cut down(verb, expression, cut, check, reduce) |
| damp(dishearten, undermine, dispirit) |
| daunt(discourage, dishearten, undermine, dispirit) |
| decline(verb, reduce, diminish, decrease, weaken) |
| decrement(verb, diminish, decrease) |