| settle(verb, calm, order, quiet, cool) |
| shift(verb, reduce, ease, lessen, lift) |
| slack(verb, stop, calm, quiet, reduce) |
| slack up(verb, expression, decline, reduce, ease) |
| sober(moderate, soften, dilute) |
| sober down(verb, phrasal verb, moderation) |
| square(verb, calm, quiet, cool, settle) |
| stifle |
| stroke(verb, calm, quiet, cool, encourage) |
| stupe |
| subside(verb, control, decline, release, restrain) |
| subvert |
| take the bite out(verb, expression, idiom, calm, decline) |
| take the edge off(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, calm) |
| take the sting out(verb, expression, idiom, calm, quiet) |
| thin(verb, decline, reduce, fail, ease) |
| tranquilize(verb, calm, order, quiet, help) |
| tranquillize |
| tune down(verb, expression, calm, order, quiet) |
| turn the scale(expression, idiom, evidence) |