| thin(verb, adjective, close, decline, reduce) |
| truncate(verb, cut, decline, reduce, restrain) |
| waste(noun, verb, drop, end, cut) |
| wilt(verb, stop, end, decline, pass) |
| wither(verb, stop, drop, end, cut) |
| abase(verb, reduce, destroy, damage, lower) |
| allay(verb, stop, calm, control, dull) |
| assuage(verb, calm, control, dull, cover) |
| blunt(verb, calm, dull, quiet, check) |
| check(verb, drop, control, dull, quiet) |
| crop(verb, decline, reduce, ease, lower) |
| cut back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, take, cut) |
| deaden(verb, dull, quiet, reduce, destroy) |
| deduct(verb, take, remove, reduce, withdraw) |
| drop off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, drop, cut) |
| impair(verb, dull, quiet, cut, decline) |
| languish(verb, drop, decline, fall, fail) |
| limit(noun, verb, control, check, remove) |
| narrow(verb, control, close, check, decline) |
| prune(verb, cut, check, reduce, lower) |