| erode(verb, decline, ease, diminish, lower) |
| grind(verb, cover, crush, smash, rub) |
| inhibit(verb, stop, control, dull, check) |
| jeff(verb, diminish, abate, dent, deplete) |
| keep down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, dampen, muffle) |
| knock down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, destroy, diminish) |
| let down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, drop, press) |
| make smaller(verb, expression, idiom, moderate, weaken) |
| master(verb, order, force, beat, defeat) |
| mow(verb, cut, destroy, kill, level) |
| press(verb, upset, hold, drop, dull) |
| prostrate(verb, beat, defeat, destroy, crush) |
| quiet(verb, calm, drop, control, dull) |
| refine(verb, simplify) |
| stifle(verb, dull, quiet, diminish, impair) |
| synopsize(verb, cut, concentrate, squeeze, curtail) |
| take off weight(verb, expression, idiom, cut, diminish) |
| tame(verb, stop, control, beat, check) |
| weed(verb, diminish, subtract) |
| adjust(verb, turn, diminish, alter, shift) |