3
collapse
3
decrease(verb, cut, check, reduce, lower)
3
depreciate(verb, cut, check, reduce, lower)
3
disbar(verb, reduce, destroy, damage, diminish)
2
banish(verb, transfer, downgrade)
2
bankrupt(verb, reduce, ruin, weaken, subdue)
2
bar
2
belittle(verb, reduce, destroy, damage, diminish)
2
better
2
bounce(dismiss, overthrow, expel, oust, topple)
2
burst
2
can(dismiss, overthrow, expel, oust, topple)
2
dampen
2
declass(verb, break, reduce, ruin, destroy)
2
decry(verb, cut, check, reduce, destroy)
2
defrock(expel, excommunicate, unfrock)
2
demerit(verb, break, reduce, ruin, lower)
2
dethrone(verb, dismiss, overthrow, expel, oust)
2
disenfranchise
2
disgrade(verb, break, lower, humble, humiliate)
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