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Verb
▲
To refrain from openly expressing or displaying
repress
suppress
check
prevent
restrain
stop
curb
hinder
constrain
extinguish
gag
hamper
hold back
impede
silence
smother
inhibit
muffle
quash
squash
crush
deaden
destroy
hush
pocket
sink
strangle
subdue
submerge
swallow
mute
burke
constipate
cork
damp down
kill
muzzle
spike
squelch
stagnate
stamp out
stultify
throttle
torpedo
trammel
choke back
put an end to
put an stop to
black out
clamp down
clam up
cover up
crack down
dry up
hush up
shut up
sit on
hold it down
bring to screeching halt
put the lid on
more ❯
“Taxes stifle enterprise only if they increase with enterprise.”
Verb
▲
To die or cause to die from a lack of air, or an inability to breathe
suffocate
choke
smother
strangle
asphyxiate
throttle
strangulate
garroteUS
garrotteUK
drown
silence
muzzle
curb
subdue
repress
garotte
gag
constrict
kill
overpower
overcome
choke to death
quash
burke
correct
regulate
adjust
snuff out
shut up
hold back
more ❯
Verb
▲
To deaden, muffle, or soften the sound of
muffle
restrain
smother
suppress
check
curb
mute
quench
silence
swallow
withhold
contain
fight back
hold back
hold in
keep back
choke back
gulp back
bottle up
cork up
keep in check
repress
control
rein in
strangle
inhibit
keep under control
bite back
bridle
keep the lid on
more ❯
“Victor heard her stifle a cry as he held a small mirror for her.”
Verb
▲
To keep quiet
shush
quiet
silence
quieten
hush
still
quell
mute
squelch
settle
extinguish
dumb
muffle
gag
muzzle
subdue
deaden
dull
suppress
lull
quash
clam
overawe
dampen
shut up
soft-pedal
tongue-tie
clam up
hush-hush
pipe down
quiet down
cut off
sit on
dummy up
choke off
close up
cut short
say nothing
dry up
cool it
strike dumb
hold one's tongue
hush one's mouth
decrease the volume
keep it down
more ❯
Verb
▲
To put an end to (a rebellion or other disorder), typically by the use of force
quell
crush
suppress
quash
subdue
defeat
put down
repress
extinguish
overcome
squash
check
curb
end
finish
quench
squelch
thwart
abolish
annihilate
crack down on
frustrate
stamp out
beat
conquer
demolish
destroy
extirpate
overpower
rout
silence
terminate
clobber
get rid of
put an end to
put a stop to
vanquish
control
kill
nip in the bud
overwhelm
queer
slap down
snuff out
stop
subjugate
wipe out
clamp down on
hush up
shut down
sit on
put the kibosh on
put the lid on
oppress
prevent
scupper
come down hard on
trample on
bring to an end
dish
put paid to
abuse
persecute
wrong
trounce
maltreat
contain
trample underfoot
gain mastery over
gain control over
get the better of
triumph over
tyrannize over
rule with an iron hand
wreck
swamp
prostrate
overmaster
whelm
floor
devastate
obliterate
break
ruin
quelch
reduce
force down
bring someone to their knees
blot out
bear down on
ice
blow away
grind down
strangle
more ❯
Verb
▲
To impede the work or progress of
hold back
block
hamper
hinder
impede
encumber
fetter
frustrate
hamstring
inhibit
obstruct
restrain
stymie
thwart
cramp
curb
handcuff
hobble
prevent
retard
trammel
check
handicap
manacle
shackle
stop
balkUS
baulkUK
bridle
clog
embarrass
bork
hog-tie
hold up
tie up
interfere with
prevent from making progress
put off
short-circuit
more ❯
Verb
▲
To frustrate or prevent (someone) from achieving an aim
frustrate
thwart
foil
block
check
stop
baffle
counter
defeat
disappoint
spoil
circumvent
forestall
bar
dash
nullify
balkUS
baulkUK
crush
derail
hinder
impede
obstruct
quash
scotch
stymie
confront
fetter
hamper
snooker
beat
checkmate
cripple
discomfit
hamstring
hobble
inhibit
neutraliseUK
neutralizeUS
banjax
crool
foul up
put a stop to
scupper
annul
arrest
cancel
conquer
counteract
cramp
crimp
forbid
halt
lick
negate
obviate
outwit
overcome
preclude
prevent
prohibit
ruin
screw up
stump
do for
nip in the bud
hang up
hold up
put a brake on
put the kibosh on
put the lid on
cramp one's style
dash one's hope
stand in the way of
upset the applecart
give the run around
render null and void
abandon
complete
wrap up
call a halt to
call a halt
come to an end
bring to a halt
close out
scrub
call off
axeUK
axUS
abort
relinquish
lessen
diminish
decrease
scrap
dispense with
call it quits
withdraw
surcease
forsake
round off
round out
lay off of
fade
vanish
dwindle
culminate
recess
exclude
take a break
be over
cry off
run down
pack it in
proscribe
disappear
run out
end up
refrain
consummate
veto
wane
ebb
scratch
slacken
decelerate
ultimate
settle
sew up
switch off
wind down
weaken
mothball
embargo
draw to a close
die down
criminalizeUS
give something the chop
pass away
knock something on the head
fade away
put out
make illegal
have done with
die out
melt away
put on ice
criminaliseUK
put in cold storage
stanch
disable
subside
not continue
wilt
disconnect
occlude
falter
congest
wrap
wither
take five
table
recede
top off
bite the dust
have a breather
take a breather
get done
pass on
swear off
stop up
get off
prorogate
waive
ease up
close up
put a lid on
run its course
ease off
lay aside
hold in abeyance
die away
jack in
fall away
plug up
lay on the table
place an embargo on
take a rain check on
put on the back burner
tail off
stop trying
finish up
call
recall
fail
shorten
fix
stop work
unplug
shut
sever
bring
evaporate
estop
ignore
crown
part
abbreviate
abridge
evanish
disengage
transpire
depart
clip
finalizeUS
cap
slip away
go by
reschedule
fall
shrink
clot
leave
throw in the towel
throw in the sponge
deteriorate
droop
decay
achieve
abjure
forswear
degenerate
respite
pass by
bung
block out
fill up
clog up
lower
retrograde
take ten
forfeit
have a break
set aside
do away with
cut it out
fly by
bung up
cease to exist
finaliseUK
stop dead
pull out of
turn out
drive underground
continue
put over
relax
censor
not touch
blow over
taper off
crumble
bring to a conclusion
trail off
leave alone
bring to naught
fizzle out
keep down
resign from
give a rest
dull
put the brakes on
withdraw from
declare illegal
turn your back on
part with
depress
finish with
put in abeyance
throw up
retire from
not do
take the cure
gum up
put a stop to something
bring to end
forego
kill off
materializeUS
land
arrive
appear
flick off
stop working
come to a stop
cinch
close shop
finish work
finish working
clock off
surrender
despair
lose heart
capitulate
admit defeat
be beaten
give in
concede defeat
go without
jack it in
succeed
yield
resign
peg
forlet
shutdown
douse
find itself
pop up
beach
turn up
leave out
leave work
withcall
phase out
bulwark
safeguard
secure
defend
guard against
guard
protect
down tools
come to a halt
become invalid
render powerless
descend
apostatize
tumble
recidivate
power down
disjoin
disunite
dissever
separate
quit cold turkey
set
stand over
take a breather from
put on a back burner
polish off
draw to a halt
come to rest
clear
accomplish
discharge
draw to close
put to bed
put a period to
ease
keep from happening
become void
become obsolete
result
issue
perfect
call a stop to
say goodbye to
lose speed
cut into
slam on the brakes
break into
put off the evil day
carry over
do later
put off the evil hour
bring down curtain
detach
log off
give up hope
abandon hope
stop oneself
collapse
stop in one's tracks
reach a standstill
stop doing
lie by
spell
back out
renege
bag it
blow off
defend oneself against
disband
tie up loose ends
liquidate
clean up
come to the end
do
be through with
put a stopper in
put chill on
put a lock on
zing
let go
bring to an untimely end
snub
exsect
marginalizeUS
oust
carve
isolate
usurp
delete
extract
overlook
excise
black
retreat
drop out
dishearten
stop in your tracks
barricade
seal
caulk
sidetrack
brace
be at an end
be no longer valid
clinch
shutter
take time out
take time off
put aside
stop midstream
decommission
banish
boycott
fold
fight shy of
resist the temptation to
take the pledge
give a wide berth to
give notice
go on the wagon
avoid doing
sit out
be temperate
have nothing to do with
blockade
fold up
be put to bed
cut loose
button down
relent
drop off
jettison
discard
disavow
procrastinate
inactivate
omit
count out
file
pink-slip
keep in abeyance
lay over
put on the shelf
skirt round
fend
disqualify
hit the switch
disclaim
junk
knock it off
come to a conclusion
round up
wash up
materialiseUK
pitch up
show up
choke up
pack
block up
back off from
check out from
chuck
suspend proceedings
declare ineligible
illegalize
ice out
curse
officially forbid
carry out
cut dead
take out
marginaliseUK
take away
obturate
kibosh
surcease from
call it quits on
put out of business
switch something off
put out of action
taper
de-escalate
pall
drop away
finish the working day
divorce
sacrifice
jilt
carry through
bring to fruition
block off
let go of
throw out
back out of
leave behind
step down from
yield up
ship out
deliver up
step aside from
throw away
perish
succumb
quit cold
get on the wagon
kick the habit
hang it up
kick over
take a recess
attenuate
sunder
set the seal on
stunt
dam up
gibbet
gunge up
wring
noose
squeeze
drown
silt up
demise
croak
stand up for
decease
cow
slack
phase down
coast
drain away
become weaker
chill out
unlax
ratchet down
unaccustom
proceed
advance
progress
eighty-six
dust off
part from
forget about
write off
exit
flatline
take a rain check
be no more
waver
quieten
quiet
declare taboo
dispose of
wind something up
dominate
clamp
trample
roll by
glide by
hush
evanesce
mute
stop short
dock
languish
flag
pull the plug
dumb
bate
give the thumbs down to
put the chill on
give the red light to
say no
put lid on
put kibosh on
deaden
dummy up
strike dumb
clam
clam up
hold one's tongue
overawe
pipe down
hush-hush
soft-pedal
lull
shut up
say nothing
make quiet
tongue-tie
hush one's mouth
quiet down
molderUS
dilapidate
moulderUK
go past
flow
slip by
wear on
slip past
march on
get shut of
deliberate
break short
stop cold
leave unfinished
stop in full flow
get shot of
wean
run low
go downhill
fade out
wear away
go down
grow less
go dead
cut back
lag
emaciate
tire
shrivel
sag
slide past
steal by
tick by
slide by
steal past
roll on
tick past
roll past
glide past
conk out
check out
peg out
truncate
retrench
kick in
kick off
mark time
linger
sideline
take a breath
reflect
hang back
step out
creep past
fly past
creep by
crawl past
crawl by
pop off
minimizeUS
totter
faint
lose spirit
impoverish
debase
minimiseUK
give way
grow dim
waste away
wear off
grow faint
thin out
fall off
relapse
tremble
grow weaker
limp
stop briefly
pare down
elide
cut down
lop
syncopate
chop
think twice
call time
minify
tighten up
crop
slim down
downsize
contract
slash
break it up
come to standstill
catch one's breath
boil down
rein back
get to meat
put in nutshell
put a restriction on
put a limit on
more ❯
Verb
▲
To keep something secret
hide
conceal
disguise
mask
suppress
veil
withhold
camouflage
bury
cloak
dissemble
belie
repress
shelter
adumbrate
ditch
harborUS
harbourUK
protect
reserve
bottle up
cover up
hush up
keep secret
blot out
hold back
keep dark
keep unknown
not give away
keep a lid on
keep back
keep quiet about
keep the lid on
not tell
paper over
hide from view
keep cover
put out of the way
salt away
tuck away
draw a veil over
keep mum about
keep under your hat
more ❯
Verb
▲
To remove completely, leaving no trace
black out
cancel
erase
obliterate
expunge
efface
eradicate
abolish
exterminate
extirpate
annihilate
liquidate
delete
extinguish
quash
squash
suppress
squelch
cover
conceal
batten
darken
eclipse
obfuscate
shade
smother
wipe out
rub out
blot out
stamp out
snuff out
root out
clean up
sweep away
cross out
cover up
cut off
hold back
keel over
make dark
pass out
axeUK
axUS
flatten
trounce
rout
clobber
thrash
drub
break
blow out
crucify
hammer
neutralizeUS
paste
pound
beat hollow
spoil
subdue
own
make mincemeat of
stuff
wipe the floor with
neutraliseUK
overcome
defeat utterly
skunk
lay waste
shellac
break up
turn inside out
whip
marmalize
take to the cleaners
impair
mar
wreak havoc on
vanquish
sabotage
damage
despoil
desecrate
lick
snuff
disrupt
cut to pieces
undermine
tank
unbuild
do for
blight
fell
put away
cause the death of
give someone a drubbing
check
dash
scotch
run rings around
quench
frustrate
upset
bulldoze
blast
knock down
win a resounding victory over
pillage
bring down
sack
leave in ruins
raze to the ground
best
topple
scupper
silence
depredate
down
subjugate
make away with
blow out of the water
devour
get
bust
crash
give someone a pasting
mess up
thwart
bring someone to their knees
carry off
triumph over
worst
break down
bring to naught
take
dilapidate
spoliate
wax
put to sleep
destruct
injure
consume
leave desolate
screw up
foul up
curb
cripple
louse up
take someone's life
write off
plunder
crack down on
deface
ravish
crack
fragment
claim
fracture
blow
master
disfigure
disintegrate
nip in the bud
mangle
reduce
raid
queer
clamp down on
kill off
batter
make a mess of
trample
smash up
hinder
harm
blow a hole in
bring to ruin
burn
ransack
disassemble
smite
weaken
stymie
disable
depopulate
reject
vandalizeUS
rape
give a drubbing to
botch
split
burst
splinter
muck up
ruinate
scourge
dismember
snap
hit
blackball
shiver
banjax
vandaliseUK
dish
put out
floor
slap down
throw down
sever
rive
prevail over
get the better of
offset
lay waste to
overrun
take down
pip at the post
walk over
put out of commission
lay in ruins
pull to pieces
wrack up
destabilizeUS
hamper
loot
foil
incapacitate
douse
incinerate
exhaust
interrupt
deplete
scorch
prevent
maraud
obstruct
impoverish
suspend
prang
cane
dynamite
harry
be victorious over
depress
outplay
play havoc with
strip
unseat
immolate
lynch
muller
rob
interfere with
afflict
taint
surmount
bankrupt
guillotine
outclass
slam
separate
destabiliseUK
reduce to ruins
dominate
outmaneuverUS
outmanoeuvreUK
skin
scrunch
rend
choke
prostrate
capsize
swamp
tumble
limit
mutilate
maim
shipwreck
break off
humble
deep-six
cruel
euchre
run rings round
wallop
divide
overbear
overmatch
deck
upend
dampen
walk all over
smash to smithereens
snow under
whomp
tan
counteract
unmake
lambaste
wipe off map
give someone a hiding
bear down
win against
sit on
put out of action
edge out
dash to pieces
damage beyond repair
reduce to rubble
tear up
throw a spanner in the works of
wreak havoc
part
disorganize
counterbalance
make hash of
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
bring about the downfall of
bust up
crack up
walk away
stun
emulsify
soften
combine
blend
mash
avenge
torment
attack
cool
lower
stamp something out
chasten
chastise
displace
pick apart
pacify
subject
subordinate
rub someone out
kayo
threaten
squish
rip down
banish
grease
put end to
block
burn away
take away
mess
bollix
let down
rupture
commit genocide
rifle
knock the stuffing out of
mass murder
gun down
torture
stick
tear
declare
spray paint
knock someone off
crool
scar
cut a swath through
stain
get off the hook
do one in
circumduct
disqualify
unfit
render meaningless
take care of
outfight
beat up
put in their place
put in the shade
checkmate
intrude on
bomb
spill
scatter
run onto the rocks
pile up
get tough on
disappoint
decay
reave
perforate
puncture
empty
make desolate
havoc
disband
knock to pieces
defile
poison
bodge
make a hash of
glitch up
put a damper on
take off
take severe measures against
take stern measures against
come down heavily on
supplant
unsettle
blanket
dowse
fall to pieces
fall to bits
backtrack on
renege on
disaffirm
blow down
cast down
prey
pirate
wrest
foray
seize
capture
forage
adjourn
cease
rebut
countervail
drive to the wall
move in for the kill
waive
go back on
dethrone
oust
depose
explode
prorogue
conclude
reduce to nothing
bring to nothing
wreak havoc upon
clean out
forget it
nig
renig
compensate
call all bets off
confine
give the coup de grâce
administer the coup de grâce
turn out
stub out
detect
damp down
stagger
defeat heavily
defeat easily
implode
sunder
rift
moisten
dampen down
wind up
disunite
whelm
overmaster
oppress
clamp down
get tough
keep in check
crack down
cow
blow up
immobilizeUS
undercut
split up
close
loose
collapse
shoot
fade out
resolve into
postpone
render void
wind down
make ineffective
halt
arrest
jeopardizeUS
compromise
come down on
tighten up on
keep under control
spend
bowl over
demoraliseUK
grind down
demoralizeUS
win
astonish
immobiliseUK
gain mastery over
render speechless
gain a victory over
render incapable
lay low
wolf
put lid on
contravene
countercheck
keep inside
impugn
traverse
stonewall
bury
keep in
drive underground
hold down
redress
fly in the face of
beat down
bottle
trample on
ding
clamp
hold in
break with
shush
cross
oppose
spike
belie
turn thumbs down
stem
disprove
turn down
render helpless
render powerless
come down on like a ton of bricks
rebel
invert
blow to pieces
tarnish
deteriorate
debilitate
diminish
flog
steamroll
engulf
sweep someone off his
knock for six
take someone's breath away
pommel
whitewash
torch
gobble up
edge
powder
fragmentize
crunch
splinterize
fragmentalize
smatter
wound
devitalize
blemish
impede
corrupt
corrode
enervate
deconstruct
entrap
outjump
outflank
ambush
route
outrun
drown
outhit
flax
absorb
drain
envelop
expend
tear to pieces
put in toilet
break into pieces
cross up
crab
inconvenience
debase
wither
endamage
sap
shock
bloody
flaw
enfeeble
plow under
work over
dismount
demount
pull apart
take to cleaners
take it all
get around
run roughshod over
pwn
nose out
win a victory over
do down
crush to smithereens
blow apart
take to bits
strip down
unrig
rough up
detract from
shake up
hurt
jeopardiseUK
combust
scald
chuck
cremate
carboniseUK
carbonizeUS
rip to pieces
denude
pull to bits
take to pieces
part out
deprive
denudate
rip to shreds
bare
disrobe
divest
use up
play out
draw down
lose
cause detriment to
do harm to
be detrimental to
bin
throw a monkey wrench into
throw away
put at risk
decommission
eject
recycle
toss out
expel
clear out
destroy by fire
burn up
reduce to ashes
burn to the ground
burn down
burn to a crisp
render ineffective
eighty-six
toss
unload
exorcizeUS
exorciseUK
cashier
pitch
go through
shuck off
have
craze
overreach
outsmart
crimp
outfox
cramp
retire
slough
cast
slough off
chuck away
lay by
chuck out
cast off
forsake
balls up
get shot of
get shut of
work against
make waves
put out to pasture
fling off
throw on the scrapheap
consign to scrap heap
fling away
see the back of
garroteUS
garrotteUK
suffocate
strangle
asphyxiate
hang
sacrifice
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Verb
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To remove or alter parts considered offensive or unseemly
censor
bowdleriseUK
bowdlerizeUS
cut
expurgate
blue-pencil
delete
edit
examine
inspect
clean up
launder
redact
red-pencil
sanitiseUK
sanitizeUS
unpublish
abridge
amend
blacklist
bleach
bleep
conceal
control
cork
criticiseUK
criticizeUS
decontaminate
excise
exscind
gag
narrow
oversee
purge
purify
remove
repress
restrain
restrict
review
revile
squelch
steriliseUK
sterilizeUS
suppress
withhold
delete parts of
make acceptable
make changes to
make cuts in
black out
prevent publication
refuse transmission
scissor out
strike out
supervise communications
drop the iron curtain
put the lid on
disinfect
bathe
deterge
scour
clarify
refine
depurgate
GI
restore
turn out
rinse out
make clean
fumigate
depurate
disinfest
antiseptize
neutralizeUS
deodoriseUK
deodorizeUS
make safe
neutraliseUK
make sterile
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Verb
▲
To hold or maintain
keep
retain
reserve
save
store
accumulate
amass
garner
hoard
collect
hold
possess
stockpile
withhold
cache
shelve
stash
conceal
file
heap
hide
repress
hold back
hold fast to
hold on to
keep hold of
keep in reserve
keep possession of
pile up
put aside
put by
retain possession of
save up
set aside
stash away
store up
cling to
hang onto
hang on to
hold in
hold onto
keep for oneself
lay aside
lay down
set something by
keep to yourself
not part with
allot to
name
slot
allot
pledge to
commit to
devote to
give over to
mark down
mark out
more ❯
Verb
▲
To become inactive or unchanging
stagnate
decline
languish
deteriorate
vegetate
decay
idle
rot
rust
do nothing
fall
fester
become stagnant
be inert
be sluggish
constipate
hibernate
lie dormant
stall
stand still
stultify
trammel
be idle
be inactive
go bad
go off
go rancid
go stale
not move
sit around
lie fallow
come to a halt
grind to a halt
go to seed
mooch
linger
dilly-dally
mope
trifle
shirk
mess around
poke
tarry
goldbrick
drift
creep
lie around
delay
saunter
malinger
sprawl
skulk
lag
drag
diddle
crawl
procrastinate
lallygag
bask
shilly-shally
fiddle
fiddle around
lie
wait
moon
bat
putter
potter around
doodle
fritter away time
futz
put off
recline
horse around
mess about
drag your feet
doss
rest
goof around
trail
lie about
unwind
flag
amble
droop
straggle
stay
vacillate
plod
dither
slacken
be indolent
mosey
stooge
pause
while away the time
fiddle about
act the fool
play around
muck about
clown
take your time
get no place fast
puddle
scrimshank
wag
repose
slump
fribble
stroll
wander
flop
outspan
luxuriate
play
fool about
play truant
fritter time away
hesitate
stretch oneself
hover
dodge
lean back
be slow
shuffle
stagger
drape oneself
bunk off
evade
putter around
monkey around
falter
potter about
hang fire
while away time
fall behind
twiddle thumbs
lie back
potter round
knock around
pass the time
idle away time
fill in time
be slothful
be unoccupied
stand around
while away hours
dodge the column
play hookey
not keep pace
sit on one's hands
consume time
idle away the hours
lurk
hang loose
amuse oneself
chill out
swing the lead
not lift a finger
drag one's feet
take one's time
play the wag
lag behind
do nothing much
tinker
niggle
mess
meander
remain
haunt
frequent
sponge
cadge
freeload
scrounge
hang
piddle
take things easy
dream
neglect
shuffle around
sit
gold-brick
be remiss
be negligent
lean
let down
do nothing in particular
chillax
lark
make yourself at home
skive off
be long
be tardy
be dilatory
stooge around
twiddle
be lazy
shamble
ramble
halt
go slowly
slough
dabble
traipse
mosey around
slack off
temporizeUS
stonewall
daydream
veg
temporiseUK
totter
filibuster
take a breather
put your feet up
take five
take a break
put off doing something
stay put
use delaying tactics
hang on
play for time
play a waiting game
hold back
be indecisive
wait around
hum and haw
buy time
piddle around
while away the hours
piddle about
fool away
futz around
hang back
fall back
decrease
drop
fail
diminish
wane
trail behind
drag behind
ebb
truant
slow
retard
tail
inch
hobble
trudge
tool
move slowly
limp
jelly
toddle
diddle-daddle
bring up the rear
cut
pussyfoot
sidestep
slink
elude
quit
get around
duck
parry
shuffle off
slough off
dog
eschew
cheat
slip
shun
lie down on job
fence
fall off
inch along
drop behind
be behind
drop back
slow up
shlep along
scrounge around
lose strength
feign illness
fake illness
avoid work
warm a chair
sit on one's butt
mitch off
pretend to be ill
more ❯
Verb
▲
To reduce the amount of
limit
decrease
lower
cut
diminish
lessen
minimiseUK
minimizeUS
contract
curb
drop
ease
mitigate
ration
taper
trim
curtail
decrement
lighten
moderate
temper
abate
alleviate
attenuate
downscale
ebb
minify
narrow
pare
quell
restrain
shave
shrink
slash
clip
couch
decline
dwindle
reduce
relax
subdue
cut back
cut down
damp down
scale down
bring down
dial down
drop off
roll back
round down
take down
taper off
tone down
wind down
de-escalate
ease off
make cutbacks in
mark down
pare down
step down
tail off
trim back
trim down
whittle down
restrict
shorten
downsize
prune
truncate
retrench
modify
abridge
qualify
soften
abbreviate
deplete
control
condense
weaken
compress
dent
axeUK
axUS
chop
slim down
modulate
summarizeUS
blunt
dock
circumscribe
slacken
constrict
abstract
remit
check
erode
cut short
tighten
crop
cramp
syncopate
elide
synopsize
outline
concentrate
digest
sum up
confine
make smaller
epitomizeUS
boil down
knock down
cut back on
summariseUK
epitomiseUK
get to meat
put in a nutshell
put in nutshell
revise
dull
adjust
undermine
sap
restraint
rationalizeUS
commute
disempower
play down
contain
consolidate
encapsulate
make weaker
discount
slenderize
wane
defuse
reduce punishment
dry up
devaluate
sink
depress
cast down
extenuate
amortiseUK
downgrade
degrade
peter out
slow down
impair
take the edge off
dilute
make less
amortizeUS
economize on
cut down on
rationaliseUK
slow
summate
recap
skim
drain
close
ease up on
vary
adapt
regulate
run down
compile
run through
give main points
précis
scale back
take the heat off
edit
precis
sketch
lop
assuage
make conditional
snip
add reservations to
change
add to
alter
inhibit
halt
tighten up
eliminate
remove
omit
delete
make additions to
break off
rein in
give a precis of
give an outline of
give a digest of
give an abstract of
blue pencil
give a synopsis of
give a summary of
add a rider to
rein back
hold back
make reductions in
whittle away
take off
salami-slice
put the brakes on
put a restriction on
put a limit on
budget
conserve
save
choke
compact
strangle
tauten
strangulate
constringe
pinch
focus
clench
tense
straiten
collapse
tuck
astringe
restrict the consumption of
make narrower
get smaller
become smaller
get narrower
get thinner
draw together
narrow down
limit to a fixed amount
draw in
become narrower
depreciate
telescope
shear
cut off
lop off
subside
capsulize
detach
top
bob
pollard
abort
wear away
wear down
shrivel
let up
fall off
nip
poll
mow
chop off
hack off
skive
phase down
slump
fade
settle
waste
terminate
sever
dampen
allay
deaden
cheapen
stop
end
wither
palliate
evaporate
leave unfinished
run low
die down
economizeUS
economiseUK
squeeze
devalue
make shorter
undervalue
capsule
excise
amputate
recede
shape
deflate
deduct
detruncate
hew
stop short
turn down
write down
neaten
scrimp
write off
ratchet down
tidy up
phase out
grow smaller
cut shorter
fall away
even up
grow less
quiet
decay
droop
degenerate
rebate
minimalize
conflate
mark off
scale something down
calm down
deteriorate
crumble
lose edge
slack off
tail away
mute
damp
muffle
hack
fall
recapitulate
relent
cushion
soothe
expurgate
bowdlerizeUS
mollify
tame
keep down
miniaturizeUS
plummet
plunge
make fewer
slice
reprise
brief
fleece
retrench on
take the bite out
take the sting out
saw
take out
cut out
miniaturiseUK
break
bowdleriseUK
barber
tonsure
cut something short
put down
reduce greatly
peter
die out
become less
die away
slacken off
wrap up
disengage
cut into a bob
demote
get to the meat
make a outline of
swing
shift
play
stress
accent
cut in price
lower in price
get shorter
excerpt
take up
bring to a premature end
undersell
lower the price of
make cheaper
put on sale
precipitate
thicken
keep to a minimum
keep at a minimum
cause to fall
turn up
solidify
coagulate
decoct
offer at a giveaway price
reduce the price of
subtract
render worthless
bring to an untimely end
densen
sum
inventory
thin
disgrade
demerit
drive down
cut to the bone
decapitate
press together
pack into
make a long story short
separate
take in
lose ground
budget cut
tune down
roll down
trim away
tidy
ream
exclude
gut
thin out
knock off
pinch back
cream
cleave
shave off
file off
scrape off
abscise
dissever
dismember
remove surgically
disconnect
part
finish
discontinue
shear off
hew off
saw off
slice off
interrupt
suspend
cut away
freeze
quit
postpone
stop dead
call a halt
stop cold
bring to an end
put a stop to
break short
stop in full flow
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