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To decrease in amount or degree
“It would be beneficial for your health if you reduce the number of cigarettes you smoke daily.”
To lower in length or size
“Cut off the edges of the rope to reduce its length.”
To summarize
“Could you reduce your talking points into a brief summary?”
To bring to an undesirable state
“The hot weather would reduce the ice-cream to an unappetizing mush.”
To lower in volume
“Please reduce the volume as it is too loud!”
To lower in rank
“The law firm would reduce Kim to fact-checking duties as punishment for her support for Jimmy.”
To lower in price
“We can strategically reduce the price of a commodity by flooding the market with it.”
(cooking) To thicken a liquid through heating
“Heat the mixture to gradually reduce it into a nice, creamy sauce for your steak.”
(of weight) To get rid of
“I need to reduce my weight quickly so I can fit into my wedding dress.”
To financially cripple
“The incredible amount of debt sustained would reduce the company into a shell of its former self.”
To forcibly impose obedience or servitude upon
“The tyrannical government would reduce its citizens into nothing more than an army of mindless drones.”
To decrease in strength or intensity
To impede the work or progress of
To corrupt or pervert the quality or character of someone or something
To completely destroy or devastate
To deprive of strength and vigor
To analyze by taking apart
To compress, crush or squeeze something, altering its shape in the process
To be economical or frugal with
To make oneself thinner, especially by dieting
To restrict oneself to small amounts or specific types of food to lose weight
To melt a substance, especially metal
To prepare food for consumption, usually using heat
To neutralize or cancel by exerting an opposite and equal force
To crush into a soft, wet, shapeless, and pulpy mass
To undermine, especially someone's mood, ideas or feelings
To separate or reduce into atoms
To become something different
To bring disrepute to, especially through aspersions
To render comprehensible or understandable
To chemically react
To steal the limelight from
To forcefully or violently subdue (opposition or a rebellion)
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