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1. Decrease in size, extent, or range (synset 200151509)
   "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"
   is a type of: change magnitude - change in size or magnitude
   subtypes:

   • break - diminish or discontinue abruptly
   • shrink, shrivel - decrease in size, range, or extent
   • taper - diminish gradually
   • drop off - fall or diminish
   • fly, vanish, vaporize - decrease rapidly and disappear
   • break - fall sharply
   • ease off, ease up, flag, slacken off - become less intense
   • weaken - become weaker
   • boil down, concentrate, decoct, reduce - be cooked until very little liquid is left
   • contract, shrink - become smaller or draw together
   • shrink, shrivel, shrivel up, wither - wither, as with a loss of moisture
   • abate, die away, let up, slack, slack off - become less in amount or intensity
   • deflate - become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air
   • dwindle, dwindle away, dwindle down - become smaller or lose substance
   • remit - diminish or abate
   • de-escalate - diminish in size, scope, or intensity
   • depreciate, devaluate, devalue, undervalue - lose in value
   • shorten - become short or shorter
   • thin out - become sparser
   • decline, go down, wane - grow smaller
   • wane - decrease in phase
   • wane - become smaller
   • decelerate, retard, slow, slow down, slow up - lose velocity; move more slowly
   • decrescendo - grow quieter
   same as: decrease, diminish, fall
2. Make smaller (synset 200442400)
   "He decreased his staff"
   is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
   subtypes:

   • suppress - lessen to the point of stopping
   • mitigate - make less severe or harsh
   • pare, pare down - decrease gradually or bit by bit
   • circumscribe, confine to, limit - restrict or confine within limits
   • boil down, concentrate, reduce - cook until very little liquid is left
   • reduce, shrink - reduce in size; reduce physically
   • abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten - reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
   • abate, slack, slake - make less active or intense
   • lour, lower, turn down - make lower or quieter
   • de-escalate, step down, weaken - reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of
   • minimise, minimize - make small or insignificant
   • bring down, cut, cut back, cut down, reduce, trim, trim back, trim down - cut down on; make a reduction in
   • cut - have a reducing effect
   • relax, slack, slack up, slacken - make less active or fast
   • belittle, diminish - lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of
   same as: decrease, minify
3. Wear off or die down (synset 200233328)
   "The pain subsided"
   is a type of: weaken - become weaker
   same as: subside

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