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REDUCED
- REDUCE, to lessen (to become less (smaller (small))) [v]
- (of a person) Lose weight, typically by dieting
- Articulate (a speech sound) in a way requiring less muscular effort. In vowels, this gives rise to a more central articulatory position
- Bring someone or something to (a lower or weaker state, condition, or role)
- Make smaller or less in amount, degree, or size
- Become smaller or less in size, amount, or degree
- Boil (a sauce or other liquid) in cooking so that it becomes thicker and more concentrated
- Conquer (a place), in particular besiege and capture (a town or fortress)
- Make (a negative or print) less dense
- (of a person) Be forced by difficult circumstances into doing something desperate
- Make someone helpless with (an expression of emotion, esp. with hurt, shock, or amusement)
- Force into (obedience or submission)
- REDUCE, to diminish (to lessen (to make or become less)) [v]
- Change a substance to (a different or more basic form)
- Present a problem or subject in (a simplified form)
- Convert a fraction to (the form with the lowest terms)
- Cause to combine chemically with hydrogen
- Undergo or cause to undergo a reaction in which electrons are gained by one atom from another
- Restore (a dislocated part) to its proper position by manipulation or surgery
- Remedy (a dislocation) in such a way