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relieving(alleviating, lightening)
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slowing(adjective, declining, falling, decreasing)
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truncating(diminishing, decreasing)
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attenuating
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bating
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belittling(noun, adjective, scorn, ridicule)
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bobbing(diminishing, subtracting)
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clipping(diminishing, subtracting)
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compacting(diminishing, decreasing)
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concentrating(diminishing, decreasing)
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cropping(diminishing, subtracting)
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downgrading(noun, decrease, discount, diminishing)
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draining(diminishing, decreasing)
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eroding(diminishing, decreasing)
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let up(expression, phrasal verb, pause, lull)
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lower
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plunging(adjective, declining, falling, wornout)
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pruning(diminishing, subtracting)
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retrenching
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shaving(diminishing, subtracting)
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