7
minimize(verb, extend, minimum, underrate, smaller)
6
contract(verb, decline, fall, decrease, decay)
5
attenuate(verb, decline, decrease, depress, regress)
5
depreciate(verb, support, decline, honor, decrease)
5
minimise(verb, decline, fall, decrease, decay)
5
reduce(verb, decline, decrease, depress, regress)
5
shrink(verb, decline, decrease, depress, regress)
4
diminish(verb, decline, decrease, depress, regress)
4
abbreviate(verb, decline, decrease, depress, regress)
4
curtail(verb, decline, decrease, depress, regress)
4
decrease(verb, decline, depress, regress, minimize)
4
downplay(verb, decline, fall, decrease, decay)
4
lessen(verb, decline, fall, decrease, decay)
4
play down(verb, decline, decrease, depress, regress)
4
underestimate(verb, decline, praise, decrease, depress)
3
abate(verb, decline, fall, decrease, decay)
3
abridge(verb, decline, fall, decrease, decay)
3
belittle(verb, decline, decrease, depress, regress)
3
decry(verb, decline, decrease, depress, regress)
3
deprecate(verb, decline, decrease, depress, regress)
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