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1 diminish
Decrease in size, extent, or range.
synoniemen: decrease, fall, lessen.
Roget 32:
be small
etc.
adj.;
lie in a nutshell.
diminish
etc.
(decrease)
36;
(contract)
195.
Roget 36:
decrease,
diminish,
lessen;
abridge
etc.
(shorten)
201;
shrink
etc.
(contract)
195;
drop off,
fall off,
tail off;
fall away,
waste,
wear;
wane,
ebb,
decline;
descend
etc.
306;
subside;
melt away,
die away;
retire into the shade,
hide its diminished head,
fall to a low ebb,
run low,
languish,
decay,
crumble.
bate,
abate,
dequantitate†;
discount;
depreciate;
extenuate,
lower,
weaken,
attenuate,
fritter away;
mitigate
etc.
(moderate)
174;
dwarf,
throw into the shade;
reduce
etc.
195;
shorten
etc.
201;
subtract
etc.
38.
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Roget 38:
subduct,
subtract;
deduct,
deduce;
bate,
retrench;
remove,
withdraw,
take from,
take away;
detract.
garble,
mutilate,
amputate,
detruncate†;
cut off,
cut away,
cut out;
abscind†,
excise;
pare,
thin,
prune,
decimate;
abrade,
scrape,
file;
geld,
castrate;
eliminate.
diminish
etc.
36;
curtail
etc.
(shorten)
201;
deprive of
etc.
(take)
789;
weaken.
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Roget 195:
become small,
become smaller;
lessen,
decrease
etc.
36;
grow less,
dwindle,
shrink,
contract,
narrow,
shrivel,
collapse,
wither,
lose flesh,
wizen,
fall away,
waste,
wane,
ebb;
decay
etc.
(deteriorate)
659.
be smaller than,
fall short of;
not come up to
etc.
(be inferior)
34.
render smaller,
lessen,
diminish,
contract,
draw in,
narrow,
coarctate†;
boil down;
constrict,
constringe†;
condense,
compress,
squeeze,
corrugate,
crimp,
crunch,
crush,
crumple up,
warp,
purse up,
pack,
squeeze,
stow;
pinch,
tighten,
strangle;
cramp;
dwarf,
bedwarf†;
shorten
etc.
201;
circumscribe
etc.
229;
restrain
etc.
751.
[reduce in size by abrasion or paring. ]
(subtraction)
38
abrade,
pare,
reduce,
attenuate,
rub down,
scrape,
file,
file down,
grind,
grind down,
chip,
shave,
shear,
wear down.
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Nederlands: achteruitlopen, afnemen, minderen, slabakken, teruglopen, verminderen
2 diminish
Lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of.
synoniem: belittle.
Nederlands: afnemen
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