| downplay(verb, reduce, restrain, moderate, diminish) |
| peter out(verb, expression, drop, end, cut) |
| sink(verb, drop, close, cut, decline) |
| soothe(verb, calm, order, dull, quiet) |
| truncate(verb, cut, decline, reduce, restrain) |
| degrade(verb, decline, reduce, destroy, fail) |
| deteriorate(verb, drop, cut, decline, reduce) |
| drain(verb, drop, close, end, cut) |
| dull(verb, stop, quiet, check, reduce) |
| minify(verb, decline, reduce, restrain, halt) |
| abbreviate(verb, cut, decline, reduce, restrain) |
| compress(verb, cut, decline, reduce, diminish) |
| cut down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, drop, cut) |
| discount(noun, verb, take, cut, remove) |
| limit(verb, control, check, reduce, restrain) |
| pare(verb, cut, check, reduce, restrain) |
| recede(verb, stop, drop, dull, close) |
| belittle(verb, reduce, destroy, damage, diminish) |
| blunt(verb, calm, dull, quiet, check) |
| clip(verb, cut, check, decline, reduce) |