| bankrupt(verb, cut, reduce, diminish, lower) |
| bant(verb, cut, reduce, diminish, lower) |
| bar(verb, stop, cool, restrain, limit) |
| barber(verb, cut, reduce, diminish, lessen) |
| be telegraphic |
| become smaller(verb, expression, reduce, diminish, contract) |
| blue pencil(verb, expression, cut, diminish, decrease) |
| bobtail |
| bottle up(verb, expression, control, check, reduce) |
| bound(verb, control, check, reduce, cool) |
| break(verb, stop, order, cut, reduce) |
| break down(expression, order, reduce, clarify, abridge) |
| break it down(expression, idiom, order, reduce, clarify) |
| bring down(verb, expression, phrasal verb) |
| cage(verb, cool, restrain, limit, restrict) |
| cease |
| chain(verb, control, check, reduce, diminish) |
| chasten(order, reduce, clarify, decipher, abridge) |
| cheapen(verb, cut, reduce, diminish, lower) |
| chop off |