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Sign invery small in amount or degree, often the smallest possible
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She applied only a minimal amount of makeup for a natural look.
The project required minimal resources to complete.
minimized
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decreased to the smallest amount or quantity possible
to decrease
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to become less in amount, size, or degree
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to decline
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to reduce in amount, size, intensity, etc.
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to reduce
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to make something smaller in amount, degree, price, etc.
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to drop
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to lessen the amount, number, degree, or intensity of something
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to lower
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to reduce something in degree, amount, quality, or strength
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to worsen
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to become less desirable, easy, or tolerable
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to shrink
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(of clothes or fabric) to become smaller when washed with hot water
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to shorten
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to decrease the length of something
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fall
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a reduction in size, amount, number, etc.
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reduced or decreased in extent or scope
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