| minimize(verb, cover, decline, reduce, fail) |
| restrain(verb, calm, control, order, quiet) |
| salve(verb, reduce, release, encourage, ease) |
| soft-pedal(verb, calm, control, quiet, decline) |
| still(verb, calm, order, quiet, help) |
| water down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, decline, reduce) |
| bate(decrease, nonincrease) |
| break up(verb, expression, decline, separate, remove) |
| check(verb, calm, control, order, quiet) |
| cheer(verb, support, calm, quiet, help) |
| commute(verb, reduce, shorten) |
| console(verb, calm, order, quiet, reduce) |
| cure(verb, support, calm, quiet, help) |
| debilitate(verb, decline, reduce, fail, halt) |
| disburden(noun, verb, calm, quiet, help) |
| downplay(lessen, underplay) |
| ease off(verb, expression, calm, control, decline) |
| enervate(verb, decline, reduce, fail, halt) |
| enfeeble(verb, calm, reduce, ease, moderate) |
| exhaust(verb, decline, reduce, fail, halt) |