| bob(verb, cut, diminish, decrease, contract) |
| break(verb, cut, decline, reduce, release) |
| cheapen(verb, drop, cut, reduce, destroy) |
| comfort(verb, calm, order, quiet, help) |
| compose(verb, calm, order, ease, moderate) |
| constrict(verb, control, set, check, decline) |
| control(verb, stop, calm, order, quiet) |
| corrode(verb, decline, reduce, fail, lower) |
| de-emphasize |
| debilitate(verb, dull, decline, reduce, fail) |
| deprecate(verb, reduce, dismiss, diminish, lower) |
| disappear(verb, drop, end, decline, fall) |
| disintegrate(verb, drop, decline, reduce, fall) |
| dissolve(verb, decline, reduce, fall, fail) |
| dock(verb, cut, reduce, halt, diminish) |
| downsize(verb, cut, check, decline, reduce) |
| droop(verb, drop, cut, decline, reduce) |
| dwarf(reduce, diminish, lower, decrease, contract) |
| ease off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, calm, control) |
| ease up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, calm, order) |