| cut back staff(verb, dismissal) |
| decline(noun, verb, reduce, ease, diminish) |
| decry(verb, cut, check, reduce, decrease) |
| degrade(verb, decline, reduce, ease, diminish) |
| demote(verb, cut, check, reduce, decrease) |
| devaluate(verb, cut, check, reduce, decrease) |
| devalue(verb, cut, check, reduce, decrease) |
| die down(verb, expression, decline, reduce, ease) |
| dilute(verb, decline, reduce, ease, diminish) |
| dock(reduce, restrain, halt, limit, restrict) |
| downgrade(verb, cut, check, reduce, decrease) |
| downsizing |
| drain(verb, decline, reduce, ease, diminish) |
| drop(decrease, reduction) |
| erode(verb, decline, reduce, ease, diminish) |
| fall(verb, decrease, reduction) |
| get to meat(expression, idiom, reduce, restrain, halt) |
| grow less(verb, expression, decline, reduce, ease) |
| impair(verb, decline, reduce, ease, diminish) |
| lighten(verb, decline, reduce, ease, diminish) |