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   decrease

   verb

   • 1. make or become smaller or fewer in size, amount, intensity, or degree: "the population of the area has decreased radically" Similar lessengrow/become lessgrow/become smallerreducedropdiminishdeclinedwindlecontractshrinkfall offdie downabatesubsidelet uptail offebbwanetaper offpeter outlightensinkslumpplummetplungefall off a cliffreducelessenmake less/fewerlowercut down/back (on)cutcurtailcontractdiminishnarrowpare downslim downtone downtemperweakendepleteminimizeinformal:slashOpposite increase

   noun

   • 1. an instance or example of becoming smaller or fewer: "a decrease in births"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French decreis (noun), decreistre (verb), based on Latin decrescere, from de- ‘down’ + crescere ‘grow’.

   Scrabble Points: 11

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