3
disregard
3
downgrade(verb, diminish)
3
elide(verb, cut, diminish, decrease, contract)
3
extract(verb, copy, select, abstract)
3
hem(verb, edge)
3
limit(verb, control, check, cool, restrain)
3
mow(verb, cut, reduce, diminish, lessen)
3
pare down(verb, expression, cut, reduce, restrain)
3
press(verb, close, restrict, crowd, condense)
3
recede(verb, cut, reduce, diminish, lower)
3
restrict(verb, control, close, cut, check)
3
subtract(decrease, nonincrease)
3
thin(verb, trim, clip)
3
tighten(verb, close, restrict, crowd, condense)
3
waste no words(expression, idiom)
3
weaken(verb, cut, reduce, diminish, lower)
3
weed(verb, diminish)
2
amputate(verb, curtail, trim, cream)
2
belittle
2
bind(verb, control, close, check, cool)
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