| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | The act or process of decreasing: abatement, curtailment, cut, cutback, decrease, decrement, diminishment, diminution, reduction, slash, slowdown, taper. See INCREASE. | | VERB: | 1. To grow or cause to grow gradually less: abate, decrease, diminish, dwindle, ebb, lessen, let up, peter (out), rebate, reduce, tail away or (off), taper (off). See INCREASE. 2. To lessen or weaken severely, as by removing something essential: deplete, exhaust, impoverish, sap2, use up. See GIVE, INCREASE, RICH. 3. To remove (a liquid) by a steady, gradual process: draw (off), let out, pump, tap2. See INCREASE. 4. To use all of: consume, draw down, eat up, exhaust, expend, finish, play out, run through, spend, use up. Informal : polish off. See INCREASE. 5. To diminish the strength and energy of: fatigue, jade, tire, wear, wear down, wear out, weary. See TIRED.
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