| digest(verb, cut, concentrate, condense, squeeze) |
| discredit(verb, upset, destroy, crush, withdraw) |
| disparage(verb, destroy, damage, diminish, lower) |
| drop(verb, control, close, cut, beat) |
| foreshorten |
| let up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, calm) |
| limit(noun, verb, stop, control, check) |
| modify(verb, calm, drop, control, dull) |
| mollify(verb, calm, control, dull, check) |
| overcome(verb, upset, control, force, beat) |
| overpower(verb, upset, control, force, beat) |
| palliate(verb, dull, check, release, ease) |
| quell(verb, stop, upset, calm, drop) |
| repress(verb, stop, upset, control, dull) |
| ruin(verb, break, cut, fix, beat) |
| slim down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, fast, trim) |
| soothe(verb, calm, dull, check, release) |
| boil down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, order, close) |
| deduct(verb, take, cut, remove, reduce) |
| defeat(verb, upset, break, control, force) |