| crush(verb, beat, overcome, overpower, devastate) |
| cut back(verb, expression, cut, check, reduce) |
| cut down(verb, expression, cut, check, reduce) |
| cut down to size(expression, idiom, reduce, destroy, damage) |
| decrement(verb, diminish) |
| degenerate(verb, reduce, destroy, damage, diminish) |
| demotion |
| descending(adjective, inferior, depressed, declining, downward) |
| detract from(verb, expression, phrasal verb, break, reduce) |
| disgrade(verb, break, lower, humble, humiliate) |
| dismiss(verb, remove, reduce, fire, overthrow) |
| dispossess |
| disrate(verb, break, reduce, dismiss, lower) |
| disrepair(noun, drop, decline, collapse, extinction) |
| downtrend(noun, drop, cut, decline, fall) |
| downturn(noun, drop, cut, decline, fall) |
| downward(adjective, inferior, depressed, declining) |
| dropping(adjective, inferior, depressed, declining, downward) |
| dump on(expression, criticize, scorn, condemn, blame) |
| dwindle(verb, diminish, lower, lessen, deflate) |