| impair(verb, dull, quiet, cut, decline) |
| shave(verb, cut, check, restrain, diminish) |
| summarize(verb, close, cut, restrict, crowd) |
| undermine(verb, force, decline, ruin, defeat) |
| abstract(verb, take, close, cut, remove) |
| check(verb, stop, drop, control, dull) |
| compact(verb, close, diminish, eliminate, mass) |
| cool(verb, stop, calm, control, dull) |
| debilitate(verb, upset, dull, decline, destroy) |
| impoverish(verb, break, cut, decline, ruin) |
| mortify(verb, upset, dull, crush, lower) |
| narrow(verb, control, close, set, check) |
| qualify(verb, control, check, release, cool) |
| quash(verb, break, control, beat, check) |
| remit(verb, stop, calm, dull, check) |
| restrain(verb, stop, drop, control, dull) |
| restrict(verb, stop, control, close, cut) |
| slow(verb, stop, upset, calm, control) |
| take down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, upset, drop) |
| thin out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, close, decline) |