3
depress(verb, decline, fall, decrease, decay)
3
disparage(verb, honor, praise, decrease, approve)
3
downsize(verb, decline, depress, regress, minimize)
3
lower(verb, decline, fall, decrease, decay)
3
make light of(verb, expression, decline, raise, decrease)
3
prune(verb, decline, decrease, depress, regress)
3
shorten(verb, decline, fall, decrease, decay)
3
truncate(verb, decline, fall, decrease, decay)
3
underrate(verb, decline, decrease, depress, regress)
3
weaken(verb, decline, fall, decrease, decay)
2
demean(verb, break, decrease, minimize, minus)
2
abase(verb, decline, fall, decrease, decay)
2
cheapen(verb, decline, fall, decrease, decay)
2
compress(verb, decline, fall, decrease, decay)
2
cut(verb, decline, fall, decrease, decay)
2
cut down(verb, decline, fall, decrease, decay)
2
deaden(verb, break, decrease, minimize, minus)
2
debase(verb, decline, fall, decrease, decay)
2
deflate(verb, decline, fall, decrease, decay)
2
degrade(verb, decline, fall, decrease, decay)
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